kesos

Agawam

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kizos.

Noun

kesos

  1. month

References
  • Gordon M. Day, An Agawam Fragment, in International Journal of American Linguistics, 33 (1967); also published in In Search of New England's Native Past: Selected Essays (1998, →ISBN

Old Leonese

Etymology

From Latin cāseōs, accusative plural of cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Old Portuguese queijo and Old Spanish queso.

Noun

kesos m

  1. cheeses (plural form)
    • 974-980 "Nodicia de kesos":
      Nodicia de kesos que espisit frater Semeno (…)
      List of cheeses that friar Semeno expended (…)

Descendants
  • Asturian: quesu, queisu
  • Extremaduran: quesu
  • Leonese: queisu
  • Mirandese: queiso
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