Where does “Kjees” come from?

Kjees (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kêse, from Old Saxon kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

Kjees (Plautdietsch): cheese dairy product

Definitions

  1. cheese dairy product

Ancestry of “Kjees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankêse—
2Old Saxonkāsi—
3Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
4Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
5Latincāseuscheese
6Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

Words derived from “Kjees”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat- →Every word from Latin cāseus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz →