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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

  1. dietary fibre or dietary fiber

Ancestry of “kostfiber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkostfood
2Old Norsekǫstrpile
3Middle Low Germankostmeal; food
4GermanKostencosts
5Italiancostocost; expense; usury
6Polishkosztcost
7Hungarianköszthanks
8Hungarianköszönömfirst-person singular indicative present definite...
9Hungarian-ömUsed to form the first-person singular present...
10Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
11Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
12Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
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