Where does “stórkostlegur” come from?
stórkostlegur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic köstur, from Old Norse kǫstr, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
stórkostlegur (Icelandic): marvellous, magnificent, wonderful
Definitions
- marvellous, magnificent, wonderful
Ancestry of “stórkostlegur”, step by step
stórkostlegur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic köstur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | köstur | a pile |
| 2 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 4 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 5 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 6 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 7 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 8 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 10 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 11 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 12 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |