Lemizh / English dictionary
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gwàs.
to make cheese
Etymology
< NLem gwas‑a
< LMLem, MLem gwas‑yr
< OLem gwas‑
< PLem *gwas‑ ‘fermented, sour > cheese’, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *ku̯h₂et‑ ‘ferment, become sour’
Cognates
Eng cheese (via Lat cāseus ‘cheese’), OCS kvasŭ ‘leaven’