Etymograph

English

povidlo

Povidlo comes from Russian пови́дло ‘jam, marmalade, fruit butter, fruit paste’, from Polish powidło ‘powidl’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-1‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*wī́ˀtei1‘to twist, to wind’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*viti1‘to bend, to twist’reconstructed
  4. Old Polishmodernwić1
  5. Polishmodernwić1
  6. Polishmodernpowić1‘to give birth’
  7. Polishmodernpowidło2‘powidl’
  8. Russianmodernпови́дло3povídlo‘jam, marmalade, fruit butter, fruit paste’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1952povidlo3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Polish powidło
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Russian повидло
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English povidlo
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1952, Mary Yasso, Kiffles: “Cut in squares and fill with favorite filling, such…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-Wiktionary, Polish powidło‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*wī́ˀteiWiktionary, Polish powidło‘to twist, to wind’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*vitiWiktionary, Polish powidło‘to bend, to twist’reconstructed
  4. Old PolishmodernwićWiktionary, Polish powidło
  5. PolishmodernwićWiktionary, Polish powidło
  6. PolishmodernpowićWiktionary, Polish powidło‘to give birth’
  7. PolishmodernpowidłoWiktionary, Russian повидло‘powidl’
  8. Russianmodernпови́длоWiktionary, English povidlopovídlo‘jam, marmalade, fruit butter, fruit paste’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1952povidloWiktionary, English povidlo. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1952, Mary Yasso, Kiffles: “Cut in squares and fill with favorite filling, such…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’

with, wine, weak, wire, novel, iris, vinyl, vine, vise, vino, vignette, vetch, 28 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “povidlo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Polish powidło, Russian повидло. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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