Schnittkäse (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.
Schnittkäse (German): semihard / semisoft cheese
Definitions
semihard / semisoft cheese
Ancestry of “Schnittkäse”, step by step
Schnittkäse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.