Where does “kostfiber” come from?
kostfiber (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish kost, from Old Norse kǫstr, 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.
kostfiber (Norwegian Bokmål): dietary fibre or dietary fiber
Definitions
- dietary fibre or dietary fiber
Ancestry of “kostfiber”, step by step
kostfiber traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kost | food |
| 2 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 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 Swedish fiber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fiber | fibre (UK), fiber (US) (similar senses to English, though less often of moral fiber) |
| 2 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via Norwegian Bokmål kost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kost | a broom or brush; diet; board |