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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
- Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
- Old Italianzucchero
- Old Frenchçucre
- Middle Englishsugre
- Englishsugar
- English todaynonsugar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.