Where does “slipcased” come from?
slipcased (English) comes from English slipcase, 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 — to ferment, become sour; to boil.
slipcased (English): Furnished with or in a slipcase
Definitions
- Furnished with or in a slipcase
Ancestry of “slipcased”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | slipcase | A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of... |
| 2 | English | Case | abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines... |
| 3 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 4 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 5 | Old High German | kāsi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | — |
| 8 | Latin | cāseus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |