Where does “Unkosten” come from?
Unkosten (German) comes from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Unkosten (German): side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the undertaking; overhead
Definitions
- side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the undertaking; overhead
Ancestry of “Unkosten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 2 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 3 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 4 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 5 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 8 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 9 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |