↑ povidla in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
↑ "povidla" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
Etymology
Possibly from vít(“to wind, roll”), meaning “something produced by stirring, mixing of a boiled fruit juice”.[1] An alternate etymology derives the word ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*peu-(“to cleanse, purify”), in the sense “purified concoction”.[2]