Where does “Käsemilbe” come from?

Käsemilbe (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.

Käsemilbe (German): cheese mite

Definitions

  1. cheese mite

Ancestry of “Käsemilbe”, step by step

Käsemilbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Käse

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

via German Milbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMilbemite
2Middle High Germanmilwe—
3Old High Germanmiliwamite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →