Where does “soker” come from?
soker (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر, from Persian شکر, from Middle Persian škl, from Sanskrit शर्करा — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
Ancestry of “soker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 2 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 3 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 4 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 5 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 6 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 7 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 8 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |