köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca, from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“lake, pool”). Originally the same word as Lache (“puddle”), which see for more.
köken: From Middle Dutch peeckel, pekele. Etymology uncertain. The word is originally restricted to Dutch, Low German and Frisian. A relation with French piquer, piquant is sometimes supposed. Cognate with Limburgish paekel, West Flemish pekel, Zealandic pekel, Middle Low German pekel, West Frisian pekel.
kvass (a type of fermented no- or low-alcohol beverage, made from bread, often flavored with fruit) · leaven · acid
çekim: çoğul кваси́ · tamlayan ква́су
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian квасъ (kvas), from Old East Slavic квасъ (kvasŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven, fermented drink”). Cognate with Latin cāseus whence English cheese, and Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath, “to boil”).
köken: Unknown. Suspected to be an old fishermen’s term from Ancient Greek ἁλμῡρῐ́ς (halmūrĭ́s, literally “saltiness”) which, as well as ἅλμη (hálmē), also meant a kind of fish-sauce or brine. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“damp, slimy, slippery”), see also mucus.