cheis

== Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === cheys, scheis, sches, schis === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːs/, /t͡ʃiːz/ === Noun === cheis (uncountable) cheese ==== Descendants ==== Scots: cheese === References === “cheis, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.