Where does “drożdża” come from?

drożdża (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic droždža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

drożdża (Old Polish): yeast

Definitions

  1. yeast

Ancestry of “drożdża”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdroždžadregs, sediment; yeast
2Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “drożdża”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic droždža →
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