rennet
English
/ˈɹɛnɪt/
noun
Definitions
- An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English renet derived from Old English rennan derived from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (cause to run, flow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rannijaną
Gloss
cause to run, flow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonrennet English
- rennase English
- renneted English
- rennetless English
- rennety English
- rennin English
- renninogen English
- Gerinnsel German
- Gerinnung German
- gerinnen German
- rinnen German
- *rannijaną Proto-Germanic
- gerinnan Old English
- rennan Old English
- irennen Middle English
- renet Middle English
- rennen Middle English
- renna Old Norse
- renet Malay
- *rennen Old Dutch
- rennian Old Saxon
- ränn Westrobothnian