- potaske
- pot|as|kesb., -n (hvidt salt der fx bruges ved bagning)
Dansk ordbog. 2015.
Dansk ordbog. 2015.
potash — 1640s, loan translation of Du. potaschen, lit. pot ashes; so called because it was originally obtained by soaking wood ashes in water and evaporating the mixture in an iron pot. Cf. Ger. Pottasche, Dan. potaske, Swed. pottaska. See also POTASSIUM … Etymology dictionary