Where does “géésu” come from?

géésu (Jemez) comes from Spanish queso, from Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

géésu (Jemez): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “géésu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquesocheese; foot
2Old Spanishquesocheese
3Latincāseuscheese
4Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-