yeast
English
/jiːst/, /iːst/
noun
Definitions
- An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
- A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- (figuratively) A frothy foam.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yest inherited from Old English ġist inherited from *jestu inherited from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (fermentation, yeast, fermentative matter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*jestuz
Gloss
fermentation, yeast, fermentative matter
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- unyeasted English
- yeasted English
- yeastful English
- yeastily English
- yeastiness English
- yeastless English
- yeastlike English
- yeasty English
- zeolite English
- jästi Finnish
- Gischt German
- biergist Dutch, Flemish
- gist Dutch, Flemish
- gisten Dutch, Flemish
- gistzwam Dutch, Flemish
- ζέσις Ancient Greek
- ζέω Ancient Greek
- ζεστός Ancient Greek
- ἐκζέω Ancient Greek
- *yes- Proto-Indo-European
- jest Norwegian Bokmål
- jester Norwegian Bokmål
- *jestuz Proto-Germanic
- jäst Swedish
- asa Norwegian Nynorsk
- ase Norwegian Nynorsk
- jest Norwegian Nynorsk
- jester Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġist Old English
- yest Middle English
- giosta Irish
- jǫstr Old Norse
- geste Old French
- jöstur Icelandic
- ยีสต์ Thai
- ζέστη Greek (modern)
- gest Middle Dutch
- *jest Old High German
- jest Middle High German
- *jestu gmw-pro
- *gest Old Dutch
- Jëst Alemannic German
- iæster Old Swedish
- iij Marshallese
- *jest Old Frisian
- yis Tok Pisin
- yisim Tok Pisin
- Jääst Saterland Frisian
- yis Hausa