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
- to smell; to smell, to sniff; to smell, to stink
Ancestry of “ost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | uosti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | uod-ti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ōd- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |