Where does “kaasstengel” come from?

kaasstengel (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.

kaasstengel (Dutch): cheese straw

Definitions

  1. cheese straw

Ancestry of “kaasstengel”, step by step

kaasstengel 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 stengel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstengelstalk
2Middle High Germanstengel—
3Old High Germanstengilstalk

Words derived from “kaasstengel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →