Where does “Käse” come from?

Käse (German) comes 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.

Käse (German): cheese; nonsense

Definitions

  1. cheese; nonsense

Ancestry of “Käse”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Käse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →