Etymology

geitost

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Norwegian geitost ← Old Norse geit
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromgeit
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromgeitost“goat cheese”
  3. English todaygeitost

Borrowed from Norwegian geitost (“goat cheese”), which is geit (“goat”) + ost (“cheese”), from Old Norse geit + ostr.

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