Where does “Chääsmässer” come from?

Chääsmässer (Alemannic German) comes from Alemannic German Chääs, from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

Chääsmässer (Alemannic German): cheese knife

Definitions

  1. cheese knife

Ancestry of “Chääsmässer”, step by step

Chääsmässer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Alemannic German Chääs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alemannic GermanChääscheese
2Middle High Germankæsecheese
3Old High Germankāsicheese
4Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
5Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
6Latincāseuscheese
7Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Alemannic German Mässer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alemannic GermanMässerknife
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →