Where does “Host” come from?

Host (Saterland Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic hwōstô, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

Host (Saterland Frisian): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “Host”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwōstōcough
2Proto-Germanichwōstôcough
3Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōstô →