Where does “Kas” come from?

Kas (Bavarian) 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.

Kas (Bavarian): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “Kas”, 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 “Kas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →