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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

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Ancestry of “Case”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
2Middle High Germankæsecheese
3Old High Germankāsi—
4Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
5Proto-Germanickāsijaz—
6Latincāseus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

Words derived from “Case”

  • Cash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →