Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “huosten” come from?

huosten (Middle High German) comes from Old High German huostōn, from Proto-Germanic hwōstōną, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

Ancestry of “huosten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhuostōn—
2Proto-Germanichwōstōnąto cough
3Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

Words derived from “huosten”

  • Husten
  • husten
  • hüsteln
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