Where does “kosta” come from?
kosta (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål koste, from Norwegian Bokmål kost, from Old Norse kǫstr, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kosta (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of koste: ## simple past ## past...
Definitions
- inflection of koste: ## simple past ## past...
Ancestry of “kosta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | koste | to cost; to sweep; simple past of kose |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | kost | a broom or brush; diet; board |
| 3 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 5 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 6 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 7 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 8 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 9 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 10 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 11 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 12 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 13 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |