sapsago
sapsago
Definition
☆ sap·sago (sap′sə gō′)
noun
a variety of hard, greenish cheese made orig. in Switzerland of skim milk flavored with melilot
Etymology: altered < Ger schabzieger < schaben, to scrape (akin to shave) + zieger, curds < Late OHG ziger < Rhaeto-Romanic tšigrun < Gaul *dwi-, twice (< IE base *dwōu-, two) + *ger-, to heat (< IE *gwher-, warm); from being heated twice in processing
