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Where does “hostyn” come from?

hostyn (Middle English) comes from Old English hwōstan, from Proto-Germanic hwōstōną, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

Ancestry of “hostyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwōstanto cough
2Proto-Germanichwōstōnąto cough
3Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

Words derived from “hostyn”

  • whoost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →