ciese

See also: čiešě

Old English

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Alternative forms

• ċīse — Early West Saxon
• ċȳse, ċȳsa — Late West Saxon
• ċēse — Anglian, late Kentish
• ċǣse — Kentish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.se/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.ze]

Noun

ċīese m (Early West Saxon)

1. cheese

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċīese	ċīesas
accusative	ċīese	ċīesas
genitive	ċīeses	ċīesa
dative	ċīese	ċīesum

Derived terms

• ċīeswice
• ċīeswyrhta

Descendants

• Middle English: chese, cheese, chesse, cheys, chiese, chise, cæse, ceose, cuse, cyse (Early Middle English)
  • English: cheese (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: cheese

Venetan

Noun

ciese

1. plural of ciesa