sourdough
English
/ˈsaʊɚˌdoʊ/, /ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
- (countable) An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
- (countable) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soure dogh com from English sour (bad-tempered) + English dough.
Origin
English
dough
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besour English
- donut English
- dough English
- doughball English
- doughbird English
- doughboy English
- dougher English
- doughface English
- doughless English
- doughlike English
- doughmaking English
- doughnut English
- doughy English
- playdough English
- sorrel English
- sour English
- sour puss English
- sourball English
- sourbelly English
- sourberry English
- soureth English
- sourfaced English
- sourful English
- sourgrass English
- sourhead English
- sourish English
- sourly English
- sourness English
- sourpuss English
- soursop English
- sourstuff English
- sourwood English
- unsour English
- Sauerteig German
- Teig German
- sauer German
- dow Middle English
- sour Middle English
- soure dogh Middle English
- sūwerteic Middle High German
- saua Tok Pisin