Etymology

cheeselep

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Today it means: The dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese. Full definition →

Middle English cheslip ← Old English cȳslybb ← Proto-West Germanic *kāsijalubi
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kāsijalubi
  2. Old English · inherited fromcȳslybb
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcheslip“rennet”
  4. English todaycheeselep

From Middle English cheslip (“rennet”), from Old English cȳslybb, cīeslybb (“rennet”), from Proto-West Germanic *kāsijalubi (literally “cheese medicine, cheese potion”). Equivalent to cheese + lib.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.