Where does “betsocker” come from?

betsocker (Swedish) comes from Swedish beta, from Swedish bete, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

betsocker (Swedish): beet sugar

Definitions

  1. beet sugar

Ancestry of “betsocker”, step by step

betsocker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish beta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbetabeta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a...
2Swedishbetebait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk
3Swedishbeto ask for, request someone else to do something;...
4SwedishbedjaDated form of be
5Portuguesevelhafeminine singular of velho; female equivalent of...
6Portuguesevelhoold; ancient; old; aged; old
7Old Portuguesevelho
8Late Latinveclus
9Latinvetulusold; little old, poor old; old man; little old...
10Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
11Proto-Italic-olos
12Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Swedish socker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsockersugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;...
2Old Swedishsoker
3Middle Low Germansuckersugar
4Middle High Germanzuckersugar
5Old High Germanzuckar
6Italianzuccherosugar; first-person singular indicative present...
7Arabicسُكَّر
8Persianشکرsugar
9Middle Persianšklsugar
10Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
11Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH
12Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós