Etymology

Zucker

Zuc·ker
Z10U1C3K5E1R1

Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Zucker ← Middle High German zucker ← Italian zucchero
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Italianzucchero
  8. Middle High Germanzucker
  9. GermanZucker
  10. English todayZucker

Borrowed from German Zucker.

Words from the same roots

GermanZucker all →

sugar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.