▁The ▁Polish ▁word ▁ ▁is ▁probably ▁of ▁German ▁origin , ▁but ▁its ▁exact ▁et ym ology ▁is ▁disput ed . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Polish ▁loan word ▁dictionary ▁edited ▁by ▁El ż bi eta ▁Sob ol , ▁it ▁may ▁derive ▁from ▁German ▁, ▁meaning ▁" d oused " ▁or ▁" b asted ". ▁Jer zy ▁B ral czy k ▁similarly ▁der ives ▁the ▁word ▁from ▁arch a ic ▁German ▁, ▁" s au ce ". ▁Aleks ander ▁Br ück ner ▁has ▁proposed ▁German ▁, ▁" pie ce ▁of ▁lead ", ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁source , ▁referring ▁to ▁a ▁tradition ▁of ▁div ining ▁from ▁str ang ely ▁sh aped ▁fla kes ▁of ▁mol ten ▁lead ▁dropped ▁into ▁water . ▁Maria ▁D emb i ńska ▁reject s ▁this ▁et ym ology ▁as ▁" d ou bt less ▁err one ous ", ▁suggesting ▁instead ▁either ▁arch a ic ▁German ▁, ▁" to ▁ch op ", ▁or ▁old ▁German ▁ ▁( ▁in ▁modern ▁German ), ▁meaning ▁" m ug wort " ▁( Ar tem is ia ▁vul gar is ), ▁a ▁her b ▁that ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁medieval ▁cu is ine . ▁And r zej ▁Ba ń kow ski ▁also ▁points ▁to ▁Italian ▁, ▁or ▁" pot ▁for ▁cook ing ▁soup ", ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁deriv ation ▁via ▁German . ▁ ▁Ing red ients ▁and ▁prepar ation ▁ ▁The ▁principal ▁ing red ients ▁of ▁ ▁are ▁ass orted ▁kinds ▁of ▁meat ▁cho pped ▁into ▁b ite - s ized ▁ch unks ▁and ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁sau erk ra