Where does “ikesi” come from?
ikesi (Zulu) comes 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, from Latin cāseus, from Proto-Indo-European kwat- — to ferment, become sour; to boil.
ikesi (Zulu): case, box
Definitions
- case, box
Ancestry of “ikesi”, step by step
ikesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Case
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Case | abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines... |
| 2 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 3 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 4 | Old High German | kāsi | cheese |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | cheese |
| 7 | Latin | cāseus | cheese |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |
via Afrikaans kis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kis | chest, box |
| 2 | Dutch | kist | A box, chest; A coffin; An aeroplane |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | kiste | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | *kista | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kistu | chest strong box |
| 6 | Latin | cista | a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κύστις | bladder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |