Where does “Case” come from?

Case (English) comes 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.

Case (English): abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...

Definitions

  1. abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...

Ancestry of “Case”, step by step

Case traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Käse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
2Middle High Germankæsecheese
3Old High Germankāsicheese
4Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
5Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
6Latincāseuscheese
7Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Middle English cas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcascase
2Old Frenchcasan event
3Latincāsus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Middle English case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcasebox, chest, casket, case
2Anglo-Normancassebox, chest, case; case
3LatinCapsaGafsa
4Proto-Italic*kapsos—

Words derived from “Case”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →