цукоръ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

цю́коръ (cjúkor)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zuckerbor.

Old Polish cukier

Polish cukierbor.

Old Ruthenian цукоръ (cukor)

Borrowed from Polish cukier, from Old Polish cukier, borrowed from Middle High German zucker, borrowed from Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Doublet of са́харъ (sáxar). First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

цукоръ • (cukor) m inan

sugar

Descendants

Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
Carpathian Rusyn: цу́кор (cúkor)
Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor); цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur) (dialectal)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “цукоръ, цюкоръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 253