Where does “hilgaswas” come from?
hilgaswas (Cornish) comes from Cornish kas, from English Case, from German Käse, from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus — to ferment, become sour; to boil.
hilgaswas (Cornish): racist
Definitions
- racist
Ancestry of “hilgaswas”, step by step
hilgaswas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish kas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | kas | battle, war, armed conflict |
| 2 | English | Case | abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines... |
| 3 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 4 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 5 | Old High German | kāsi | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | cheese |
| 8 | Latin | cāseus | cheese |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |
via Cornish hil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | hil | race, ethnicity |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | hil | race, lineage |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | sīlom | seed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |
via Cornish gwas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | gwas | chap, guy |