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

  1. racist

Ancestry of “hilgaswas”, step by step

hilgaswas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishkasbattle, war, armed conflict
2EnglishCaseabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...
3GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
4Middle High Germankæsecheese
5Old High Germankāsicheese
6Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
7Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
8Latincāseuscheese
9Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Cornish hil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhilrace, ethnicity
2Proto-Brythonichilrace, lineage
3Proto-Celticsīlomseed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

via Cornish gwas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgwaschap, guy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-Every word from Latin cāseusEvery word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz
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