Where does “coș” come from?

coș (Romanian) comes from Latin Cossus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

coș (Romanian): pimple, zit; chimney; basket, wastebasket

Definitions

  1. pimple, zit; chimney; basket, wastebasket

Ancestry of “coș”, step by step

coș traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Cossus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCossuswoodworm worm or grub found in wood
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

via Old Church Slavonic кошь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicкошьbasket
2Proto-Slavickošьbasket

Words derived from “coș”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- →Every word from Latin Cossus →