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Where does “caschiel” come from?

caschiel (Romansch) comes from Latin caseolus, from Latin caseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

caschiel (Romansch): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “caschiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaseolus—
2Latincaseuscheese
3Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
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