Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwōsaną”

60 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną — including host, hosting, hostname, localhost, cohost, nonhost, hoast, hoster.

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English (21)

Dutch (5)

Middle English (4)

German (3)

Old High German (2)

Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old English (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Swedish (1)

Japanese (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)