Where does “sockerbit” come from?
sockerbit (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.
sockerbit (Swedish): a sugar cube
Definitions
- a sugar cube
Ancestry of “sockerbit”, step by step
sockerbit 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 bit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bit | a piece (forming a part of some whole) |
| 2 | English | bit | A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and... |
| 3 | Middle English | bitte | A flexible container for water or wine; a waterskin or wineskin |
| 4 | Old English | byt | bottle, flagon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *buttjā | — |
| 6 | Latin | buttia | cask, barrel |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βούττιον | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |