kasha

Where does the word "kasha" come from? It comes from Russian kasha, and was adopted directly into English (1808).

Kasha’s story begins in Russian: kasha meant “a cooked grain porridge.” A porridge made from cooked grain, especially buckwheat. It reached English by 1808 as kasha. A Russian proverb says 'shchi and kasha are our food', cabbage soup and porridge. Today, kasha means a porridge made from cooked grain, especially buckwheat, in Eastern European cuisine.

1. Stage 1 · Russian · medieval kasha "a cooked grain porridge", a porridge made from cooked grain, especially buckwheat.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1808 kasha "a porridge made from buckwheat or other grain", a Russian proverb says 'shchi and kasha are our food', cabbage soup and porridge.