Where does “florsocker” come from?
florsocker (Swedish) comes from Swedish socker, from Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر, from Persian شکر — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
florsocker (Swedish): US powdered sugar, UK icing sugar
Definitions
- US powdered sugar, UK icing sugar
Ancestry of “florsocker”, step by step
florsocker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish socker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 4 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 5 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 6 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 7 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 8 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 9 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 10 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Swedish flor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | flor | thin, transparent fabric, like gauze (usually used as a veil) |
| 2 | German | Flor | nap, pile; veil; bloom, flowering |
| 3 | Dutch | floers | veil; darkness, obscurity |
| 4 | French | velours | velvet |
| 5 | Old French | velous | — |
| 6 | Latin | villosus | hairy, shaggy |
| 7 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 8 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |