Where does “kustpipare” come from?

kustpipare (Swedish) comes from Swedish kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin cōnstāre.

kustpipare (Swedish): a black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola

Definitions

  1. a black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola

Ancestry of “kustpipare”, step by step

kustpipare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkusta coast
2Middle Dutchcost—
3Old Frenchcostcost; financial outlay
4Medieval Latincostare—
5Latincōnstāre—

via Swedish pipare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpiparea plover, any species in the genera Pluvialis or Charadrius
Every word from Latin cōnstāre →Every word from Medieval Latin costare →Every word from Old French cost →