sapsago

(sapsə gō′)

noun

a variety of hard, greenish cheese made orig. in Switzerland of skim milk flavored with melilot

Origin: 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

See sapsago in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sap·sa·gos
A hard green cheese made from skim-milk curd, colored and flavored with sweet clover.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of German Schabzieger

Origin: : schaben, to scrape (from Middle High German, from Old High German skaban)

Origin: + Zieger, whey, whey cheese (from Middle High German ziger, probably of Celtic origin)

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