Where does “hösta” come from?

hösta (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic hwōstōną, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

hösta (Swedish): to harvest

Definitions

  1. to harvest

Ancestry of “hösta”, step by step

hösta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish hōsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishhōstato cough
2Old Norsehóstato cough
3Proto-Germanichwōstōnąto cough
4Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

via Swedish höst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhöstautumn; the time towards the end of a life; the...
2Old Norsehausta—

Words derived from “hösta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōstōną →