Where does “kostur” come from?
kostur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kǫstr, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kostur (Icelandic): a pile
Ancestry of “kostur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 3 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 4 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 5 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 6 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 7 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 8 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 10 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 11 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |