Where does “sulatejuustoviipale” come from?

sulatejuustoviipale (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulatejuusto, from German Schmelzkäse, 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.

sulatejuustoviipale (Finnish): slice of processed cheese

Definitions

  1. slice of processed cheese

Ancestry of “sulatejuustoviipale”, step by step

sulatejuustoviipale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulatejuusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulatejuustoprocessed cheese
2GermanSchmelzkäseprocessed cheese
3GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
4Middle High Germankæsecheese
5Old High Germankāsicheese
6Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
7Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
8Latincāseuscheese
9Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via Finnish viipale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipalepiece, slice
2Finnishvije-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-