Where does “socker” come from?
socker (Swedish) comes 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, from Middle Persian škl — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
socker (Swedish): sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;...
Definitions
- sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;...
Ancestry of “socker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 3 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 4 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 5 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 6 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 7 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 8 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 9 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |