Where does “zaharniță” come from?

zaharniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian zahăr, from Greek ζάχαρη, from Byzantine Greek ζάχαρις.

zaharniță (Romanian): sugar bowl

Definitions

  1. sugar bowl

Ancestry of “zaharniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianzahărsugar
2Greekζάχαρηsugar, sucrose
3Byzantine Greekζάχαρις—
Every word from Byzantine Greek ζάχαρις →Every word from Greek ζάχαρη →Every word from Romanian zahăr →