Where does “Käs” come from?

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

Käs (Alemannic German): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “Käs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanchāsicheese
2Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
3Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
4Latincāseuscheese
5Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

Words derived from “Käs”

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