Where does “Käsespätzle” come from?

Käsespätzle (German) comes from German Spätzle, from Alemannic German Spätzle, from Alemannic German Spatz, from Middle High German spaz, from Middle English sparwe, from Old High German sparo, from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô — sparrow.

Käsespätzle (German): kaesespaetzle

Definitions

  1. kaesespaetzle

Ancestry of “Käsespätzle”, step by step

Käsespätzle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Spätzle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpätzlespaetzle
2Alemannic GermanSpätzle—
3Alemannic GermanSpatzsparrow
4Middle High Germanspaz—
5Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
6Old High Germansparosparrow
7Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
8Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

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

Words derived from “Käsespätzle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →