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Where does “hoeste” come from?

hoeste (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic hwōstô, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

Ancestry of “hoeste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwōstōcough
2Proto-Germanichwōstôcough
3Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

Words derived from “hoeste”

  • hoest
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