Where does “kosthold” come from?
kosthold (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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, from Hungarian köszönöm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kosthold (Norwegian Bokmål): a diet food one usually eats
Definitions
- a diet food one usually eats
Ancestry of “kosthold”, step by step
kosthold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kost | a broom or brush; diet; board |
| 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 Norwegian Bokmål hold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hold | imperative of holde |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | holde | to hold; to tolerate, to withstand; to keep |
| 3 | Danish | holde | to hold; to keep; to last |
| 4 | Old Norse | halda | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |