Where does “Käsegabel” come from?
Käsegabel (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.
Käsegabel (German): cheese fork
Definitions
- cheese fork
Ancestry of “Käsegabel”, step by step
Käsegabel 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 gabel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gabel | inflection of gabeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | gabel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gabala | sparrow hawk |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gabulu | fork; pitchfork |
| 5 | Gaulish | gabalos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | gabalos | fork, forked branch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰabʰlos | fork, branch of tree |