Where does “kǫstr” come from?

kǫstr (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö- — 3rd person plural verb ending.

kǫstr (Old Norse): pile

Definitions

  1. pile

Ancestry of “kǫstr”, step by step

kǫstr traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German kost

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

via Proto-Germanic kastuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickastuz
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ǵ-es-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Proto-Germanic kustuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickustuztrial, choice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵéwstustaste
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “kǫstr

Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -öm