Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kāsī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Noun

*kāsī m

1. cheese

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kāsij(a)
Genitive	*kāsijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kāsij(a)	*kāsijōs
Accusative	*kāsij(a)	*kāsijā
Genitive	*kāsijas	*kāsijō
Dative	*kāsijē	*kāsijum
Instrumental	*kāsiju	*kāsijum

Descendants

• Old English: ċīese, ċīse — Early West Saxon, ċȳse, ċȳsa — Late West Saxon, ċēse — Anglian, late Kentish, ċǣse — Kentish
  • Middle English: chese, cheese, chesse, cheys, chiese, chise, cæse, ceose, cuse, cyse (Early Middle English)
    • English: cheese (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: cheese
• Old Frisian: tzīse, *tzēse
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: sees

    Helgoland: sīs, sīz

    Mooring: säis

    Wiedingharde: sees

  • East Frisian:

    Harlingerland Frisian: tzise, tzyse

    Saterland Frisian: Síes

    Wangerooge Frisian: siiz

    Wursten Frisian: zise, schieese

  • West Frisian: tsiis, tsjiis

    Hindeloopen: sees

    Schiermonnikoog: tjiis

• Old Saxon: kāsi
  • Middle Low German: kêse
    • Low German: Käse
      • Dutch Low Saxon: keze
      • German Low German: Kees
    • Plautdietsch: Kjees
• Old Dutch: *cāsi
  • Middle Dutch: câse, kese (eastern)
    • Dutch: kaas
      • Afrikaans: kaas
        • → Sotho: kase
        • → Tswana: kase
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
      • Jersey Dutch: kääs
      • Negerhollands: kaas, kaes
      • → Aukan: kasi
      • → Papiamentu: keshi (from the diminutive)
      • → Peranakan Indonesian: kas
      • → Sranan Tongo: kasi
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
        • → Saramaccan: kási
    • Limburgish: kieës, kees
• Old High German: kāsi, chāsi
  • Middle High German: kæse
    • Alemannic German: Chääs, Chees, Chèès

      Alsatian: Käs

      Swabian: Kääs

      Walser: cheisch, chesch, chiesch, chääs, chìŝch

    • Bavarian: Kas, Kaas

      Cimbrian: kese, khes, khéeze

      Mòcheno: kas

      Udinese: ckaas, kase, khase

    • East Franconian: Kaas, Kees
    • German: Käse
    • Hunsrik: Kees
    • Kölsch: Kies
    • Luxembourgish: Kéis
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Hessian: Käs

      Palatine German: Kees

      Pennsylvania German: Kaes

    • Vilamovian: kȳz
    • Yiddish: קעז (kez)