Where does “frukost” come from?
frukost (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish frokoster, from Middle Low German vrōkost, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
frukost (Swedish): a breakfast
Definitions
- a breakfast
Ancestry of “frukost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | frokoster | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vrōkost | early meal |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 4 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 5 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 6 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 7 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 8 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 10 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 11 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 12 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |