Where does “Kas” come from?

Kas (German) comes from Bavarian Kas, from Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

Kas (German): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “Kas”, step by step

Kas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Kas

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

via Alemannic German Käs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alemannic GermanKäscheese

Words derived from “Kas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-