Name - Origin
Sourdough starter is a dough that includes yeast and acidic flour germ and when mixed in a large quantity of flour and water it causes fermentation and forms the raw material of bread (Babiniotis 2005, entry προζύμι,το, 1478).
ETYM. later prozymion < pro- + -zymion < zymi (dough) (Babiniotis 2005, entry προζύμι,το, 1478; Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Προζύμι, 122).
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Additional information and bibliography
Babiniotis G. (2005), Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας. Με σχόλια για τη σωστή χρήση των λέξεων. Ερμηνευτικό, Ορθογραφικό, Ετυμολογικό, Συνωνύμων-Αντιθέτων, Κυρίων Ονομάτων, Επιστημονικών Όρων, Ακρωνυμίων, Centre for Lexicology, Athens, Greece.
Petrou-Poeitou E. (2013), Από πού κρατάει η σκούφια τους. Λέξεις και ιστορίες από τον κόσμο της γεύσης, Epiphaniou Publications, Nicosia.
Tonia Ioakim, Argyro Xenophontos
Traditional Recipes
Prozími (sourdough)
In the old days the sourdough was kneaded in the wooden basin and kept in a special pot, which contained flour.