Where does “Milbenkäse” come from?

Milbenkäse (English) comes from German Milbenkäse, 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.

Milbenkäse (English): mite cheese

Definitions

  1. mite cheese

Ancestry of “Milbenkäse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMilbenkäsemite cheese, Milbenkäse
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 →
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