Where does “zakwas” come from?

zakwas (Polish) comes from Polish zakwasić, from Old Polish zakwasić, from Old Polish za-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

zakwas (Polish): leaven, sourdough starter

Definitions

  1. leaven, sourdough starter

Ancestry of “zakwas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzakwasićto pickle; to leaven
2Old Polishzakwasićto leaven, to ferment, to sour
3Old Polishza-derives verbs of various meanings
4Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “zakwas”

Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →Every word from Old Polish za- →Every word from Old Polish zakwasić →