chìŝch
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Chääs, Chees, Chèès
- cheisch, chesch, chiesch, chääs (Walser)
Etymology
From Old High German chāsi, from Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Cognate with German Käse, Dutch kaas, Plautdietsch Kjees, West Frisian tsiis, English cheese, Elfdalian kęse.
Noun
chìŝch m
- (Rimella, Campello Monti) cheese
References
- “chìŝch” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien