Where does “hósti” come from?

hósti (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hwōstô, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

hósti (Old Norse): a cough

Definitions

  1. a cough

Ancestry of “hósti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwōstôcough
2Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

Words derived from “hósti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōstô →