Where does “slipcasing” come from?
slipcasing (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.
slipcasing (English): slipcase packaging
Definitions
- slipcase packaging
Ancestry of “slipcasing”, step by step
slipcasing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slipcase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | cheese |
| 8 | Latin | cāseus | cheese |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |