Where does “kuszać” come from?
kuszać (Polish) comes from Russian ку́шать, from Serbo-Croatian кушати, from Serbo-Croatian kušati, from Proto-Slavic kušati, from Proto-Slavic kusiti, from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽, from Proto-Germanic kauzijaną, from Proto-Germanic keusaną — to taste, try.
kuszać (Polish): to eat
Definitions
- to eat
Ancestry of “kuszać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ку́шать | to eat, have, take |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | кушати | to taste; to try, test |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | kušati | to taste; to try, test |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kušati | to offer a meal, to give for tasting; to have a... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kusiti | to taste |
| 6 | Gothic | 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 | to taste |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kauzijaną | to sample, to taste |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | keusaną | to test, to try; to choose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵews- | to taste, try |