köken: Etymology tree Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/) Persian زور Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/), which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to hasten”) and compares to Serbo-Croatian žúriti (“to hurry, rush”) and Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash; to ride”). See also Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: Etymology tree Latin lībō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lībātiōlbor. Polish libacja Learned borrowing from Latin lībātiō.
köken: Etymology tree Latin lībō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lībātiō From lībō + -tiō.
Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 神酒 (ʑiɪn t͡sɨu^X, literally “god + wine”). Alternatively, coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 神 (shin, “god, spirit”) + 酒 (shu, “wine, liquor, alcohol”). The individual character readings are kan'on shin + goon shu, suggesting either an innovation in the reading after borrowing, or a Japanese coinage.