zewreć

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “a connection to zewrzeć seems possible since often rz > r, but semantic shift?”)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛv.rɛt͡ɕ/

Verb

zewreć pf

1. (intransitive, Southern Greater Poland, of cream, etc.) Synonym of zwarzyć się (“to curdle, to sour”)

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “zewreć”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 32