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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German jest, from Old High German *jest, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (“fermentation; yeast”). Cognate with obsolete German Jäst, Jast (“intense excitement, surge of anger”) (originally meaning “fermentation”), German Gischt (“seafoam”) (from variant form *gest), Dutch gist (“yeast”), Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), English yeast, Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
Noun
Jëst m
- (Uri) Early cheese blowing, a gas defect that causes pockets of gas in young cheese.
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