Where does “hüttenkäse” come from?

hüttenkäse (Dutch) comes from German Hüttenkäse, 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, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

hüttenkäse (Dutch): cottage cheese

Definitions

  1. cottage cheese

Ancestry of “hüttenkäse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHüttenkäsecottage cheese
2GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
3Middle High Germankæsecheese
4Old High Germankāsicheese
5Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
6Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
7Latincāseuscheese
8Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →