Where does “heksekost” come from?
heksekost (Danish) comes from Danish kost, from Old Norse kǫstr, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
heksekost (Danish): the broom of a witch
Definitions
- the broom of a witch
Ancestry of “heksekost”, step by step
heksekost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kost | food; diet; board |
| 2 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 4 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 5 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 6 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 7 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 8 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 10 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 11 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 12 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Danish heks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | heks | a witch |
| 2 | German | hexe | inflection of hexen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | hecse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hagazussa | witch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hagatusjō | witch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hagaz | abled, capable; suitable, comfortable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱak- | branch, pole; branch, stick; to be able, help |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kek- / ḱek- / kekʰ- / ḱekʰ- | — |