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Where does “post” come from?
post (Estonian) comes from German Pfosten, from Old High German pfost — post.
post
(Estonian): mail
Definitions
mail
Ancestry of “post”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
Pfosten
post; pillar; post; pole; pale; goalpost
2
Old High German
pfost
post
Words derived from “post”
posti
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