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Where does “kostbar” come from?

kostbar (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.

kostbar (German): precious

Definitions

  1. precious

Ancestry of “kostbar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kostbar”

  • Kostbarkeit
  • kostbaar
  • kostbaarheid
  • kostbar
  • kostbar
  • kosbaar
  • kosbaarheid
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