Etymology

powidl

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Today it means: A fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents. Full definition →

German Powidl ← Czech povidla
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The story

  1. Czech · derived frompovidla
  2. German · borrowed fromPowidl
  3. English todaypowidl

Borrowed from German Powidl, from Czech povidla.

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