Where does “ки́сел” come from?
ки́сел (Bulgarian) comes from Russian кисе́ль, from Old East Slavic кысель, from Proto-Slavic kyselь, from Proto-Slavic kysnǫti — to become/get wet; to become/turn sour.
ки́сел (Bulgarian): sour, vinegary (for taste)
Definitions
- sour, vinegary (for taste)
Ancestry of “ки́сел”, step by step
ки́сел traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian кисе́ль
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | кисе́ль | kisel, kissel (a popular jellied dessert made by cooking berry juice or other fruit juice with milk, flour and oatmeal, thickened with starch) |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | кысель | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | kyselь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kysnǫti | to become/get wet; to become/turn sour |