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Where does “Kostbarkeit” come from?

Kostbarkeit (German) comes from German kostbar, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö- — 3rd person plural verb ending.

Kostbarkeit (German): preciousness; precious object

Definitions

  1. preciousness; precious object

Ancestry of “Kostbarkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankostbarprecious
2GermanKostencosts
3Italiancostocost; expense; usury
4Polishkosztcost
5Hungarianköszthanks
6Hungarianköszönömfirst-person singular indicative present definite...
7Hungarian-ömUsed to form the first-person singular present...
8Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
9Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
10Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
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