Where does “sojkazeo” come from?

sojkazeo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kazeo, 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.

sojkazeo (Esperanto): tofu

Definitions

  1. tofu

Ancestry of “sojkazeo”, step by step

sojkazeo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kazeo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokazeocurd
2GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
3Middle High Germankæsecheese
4Old High Germankāsicheese
5Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
6Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
7Latincāseuscheese
8Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Esperanto sojo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosojosoy sauce
2Tocharian Bṣeone
3Portugueseoni-Alternative form of omni-
4Irishai-—
5Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Proto-Italic*ad-ad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →