Where does “hueste” come from?
hueste (Spanish) comes from Old High German huosto, from Proto-West Germanic hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic hwōstô, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.
hueste (Spanish): army, troops; following; ground, finely powdered
Definitions
- army, troops; following; ground, finely powdered
Ancestry of “hueste”, step by step
hueste traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old High German huosto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | huosto | cough |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hwōstō | cough |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hwōstô | cough |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwōsaną | to cough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂s- | to cough |
via Latin hostis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | hostis | an enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | hostis | stranger, guest |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Classical Nahuatl cuēchtic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Nahuatl | cuēchtic | something powdered, finely ground |