The story
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- English todaysugarman
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.