Where does “notecase” come from?

notecase (English) comes from English Case, 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.

notecase (English): A wallet or billfold

Definitions

  1. A wallet or billfold

Ancestry of “notecase”, step by step

notecase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCaseabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...
2GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
3Middle High Germankæsecheese
4Old High Germankāsicheese
5Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
6Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
7Latincāseuscheese
8Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via English Note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNoteThe St. Louis Blues hockey team
2Middle Englishnotenote; Alternative form of not
3Old Englishnotuuse; enjoyment; profit, advantage, utility
4Proto-Germanicnutōuse, profit, yield
5Proto-Indo-Europeannewd-to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-Every word from Latin cāseusEvery word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz