Where does “kaasknabbel” come from?

kaasknabbel (Dutch) comes from Dutch kaas, from Middle Dutch câse, from Old Dutch kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

kaasknabbel (Dutch): cheese puff

Definitions

  1. cheese puff

Ancestry of “kaasknabbel”, step by step

kaasknabbel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kaas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkaascheese
2Middle Dutchcâsecheese
3Old Dutchkāsi—
4Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
5Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
6Latincāseuscheese
7Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Dutch knabbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknabbela nibble
2Middle Dutchknabbelen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →
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