Where does “sëpi shukël” come from?
sëpi shukël (Unami) comes from Unami shukel, from Dutch suiker, from English Sugar, from German zucker, from German zücken, from Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zucken, from Proto-Germanic tukkijaną — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.
sëpi shukël (Unami): syrup
Definitions
- syrup
Ancestry of “sëpi shukël”, step by step
sëpi shukël traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Unami shukel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | shukel | sugar |
| 2 | Dutch | suiker | sugar |
| 3 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 4 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 6 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 10 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 11 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |
via Unami sëpi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | sëpi | sap (usually from a vine) |