Where does “kvasinka” come from?

kvasinka (Czech) comes from Czech kvasit, from Old Czech kvasiti, from Proto-Slavic kvasiti — to ferment, to yeast.

kvasinka (Czech): yeast (fungus)

Definitions

  1. yeast (fungus)

Ancestry of “kvasinka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechkvasitto ferment
2Old Czechkvasitito ferment
3Proto-Slavickvasitito ferment, to yeast
Every word from Proto-Slavic kvasiti →Every word from Old Czech kvasiti →Every word from Czech kvasit →