Where does “sockring” come from?
sockring (Swedish) comes from Swedish sockra, 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 — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
sockring (Swedish): sugaring the act of applying sugar to something
Definitions
- sugaring the act of applying sugar to something
Ancestry of “sockring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sockra | to add sugar; to sweeten; to make more attractive |
| 2 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 6 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 7 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 8 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 9 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 10 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 11 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |