Where does “nordkyst” come from?
nordkyst (Danish) comes from Danish kyst, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
nordkyst (Danish): northern seaboard
Definitions
- northern seaboard
Ancestry of “nordkyst”, step by step
nordkyst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kyst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kyst | coast; past participle of kyse |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 3 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 4 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 5 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 6 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 7 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 8 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 10 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 11 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Danish nørd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | nørd | nerd; geek |
| 2 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 3 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 4 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 5 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 6 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 7 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |