sour dogh

• sourdou, sourdouȝ, sour douȝ, sourdouh, sourdow, sour dow, sourdowe, sour dowe, sourdowȝ, soure doghe, soure doughe, souredouȝ, soure dowe, soure dowgh, soure dowȝ, sowrdawȝ, sowrdouȝ, sowrdowhe, sowre dowgh, surdagh

From sour (“sour”) +‎ dogh (“dough”), paralleling similar formations in other Germanic languages such as Middle High German sūrteic and Old Swedish sūrdegher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːrˌdɔx/, /ˈsuːrˌdɔu̯x/

sour dogh (uncountable)

1. leaven (agent that makes dough rise)

   Synonym: levayn

2. (by extension) leavened bread

• English: sourdough

• “sǒur-dough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.