Where does “Kosten” come from?
Kosten (German) comes from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Kosten (German): costs
Definitions
- costs
Ancestry of “Kosten”, step by step
Kosten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian costo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 2 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 3 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 4 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 7 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 8 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Middle High German kosten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | kosten | — |
| 2 | Old High German | kostōn | to taste, attempt; to taste, test, try by tasting |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kustōną | to try; to taste |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵews- | to taste, try |
via Medieval Latin costa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | costa | — |