Where does “Hüttenkäse” come from?
Hüttenkäse (German) comes 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.
Hüttenkäse (German): cottage cheese
Definitions
- cottage cheese
Ancestry of “Hüttenkäse”, step by step
Hüttenkäse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Käse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 2 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 3 | Old High German | kāsi | cheese |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | cheese |
| 6 | Latin | cāseus | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |
via German hütte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hütte | hut, cabin, shack, cottage small house, typically built of light materials rather than stone |
| 2 | Middle High German | hütte | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hutta | hut |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hudjǭ | box, hut, hutch; hut, shelter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hūdijaną | to hide, conceal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewdʰ- | to cover, encase; to hide, conceal; to cover,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |