Where does “vēlbrokastis” come from?
vēlbrokastis (Latvian) comes from Latvian brokastis, from Middle Low German vrōkost, 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.
vēlbrokastis (Latvian): brunch
Definitions
- brunch
Ancestry of “vēlbrokastis”, step by step
vēlbrokastis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian brokastis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | brokastis | breakfast |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vrōkost | early meal |
| 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 |
via Latvian vēls
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | vēls | late; late, delayed, belated; late, tardy |