Jëst
See also: jest and jesť
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German jest, from Old High German *jest, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (“fermentation; yeast”). Cognate with obsolete German Jäst, Jast (“intense excitement, surge of anger”) (originally meaning “fermentation”), German Gischt (“seafoam”) (from variant form *gest), Dutch gist (“yeast”), Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), English yeast, Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
Noun
Jëst m
- (Uri) Early cheese blowing, a gas defect that causes pockets of gas in young cheese.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 51.