cheisch

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Chääs, Chees, Chèès
• chesch, chiesch, chääs, chìŝch (Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German kæse, from Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Noun

cheisch m

1. (Carcoforo) cheese

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien