Where does “ost” come from?

ost (Latvian) comes from Latvian uosti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic uod-ti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ōd-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.

ost (Latvian): to smell; to smell, to sniff; to smell, to stink

Definitions

  1. to smell; to smell, to sniff; to smell, to stink

Ancestry of “ost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianuosti—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicuod-ti—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicōd-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-to smell, stink; to hate; to bite

Words derived from “ost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ōd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic uod-ti →