Where does “аргас” come from?

аргас (Russian) comes from Translingual Argas, from Cornish kas, from English Case, from German Käse, from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

аргас (Russian): Any tick of the genus Argas

Definitions

  1. Any tick of the genus Argas

Ancestry of “аргас”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualArgasgenus
2Cornishkasbattle, war, armed conflict
3EnglishCaseabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...
4GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
5Middle High Germankæsecheese
6Old High Germankāsicheese
7Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
8Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
9Latincāseuscheese
10Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-