povidla
Czech
editEtymology
editPossibly from vít (“to wind, roll”), meaning “something produced by stirring, mixing of a boiled fruit juice”.[1] An alternate etymology derives the word ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peu- (“to cleanse, purify”), in the sense “purified concoction”.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpovidla n pl
Declension
editDescendants
edit- → Austrian German: Powidl
References
edit- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “povidla”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia