Russian Language Exported: KASHA
In Russia, ‘kasha’ can be made from any grain, but’ in English or German’ it refers only to buckwheat.
‘Kasha’ (English kasha, French kacha, German Kascha) is a traditional Russian dish made from boiled grains. Unlike European words for ‘porridge’ (English ‘porridge’, German ‘Brei’), the borrowed ‘kasha’ in foreign languages has become fixed specifically for buckwheat porridge. The word entered other languages as early as the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At the same time, in Slavic languages (Polish, Czech, Slovak) there are related forms (‘kasza’, ‘kaše’), inherited from a common Proto-Slavic root.
