Where does “suku” come from?
suku (Papiamentu) comes from Ido sukra, from Ido sukro, from English Sugar, from German zucker, from German zücken, from Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zucken, from Proto-Germanic tukkijaną — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.
suku (Papiamentu): sugar
Definitions
- sugar
Ancestry of “suku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | sukra | sugary |
| 2 | Ido | sukro | sugar |
| 3 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 4 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 6 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 10 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 11 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |