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Where does “hwōstāną” come from?

hwōstāną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷās- — cough, to cough; to cough.

hwōstāną (Proto-Germanic): to cough

Definitions

  1. to cough

Ancestry of “hwōstāną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷās-cough, to cough; to cough

Words derived from “hwōstāną”

  • whoost
  • hostyn
  • hwōstan
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