Where does “råkost” come from?
råkost (Swedish) comes from Swedish kost, from Old Norse kǫstr, 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.
råkost (Swedish): food in the form of raw vegetables and fruits, often shredded as a salad
Definitions
- food in the form of raw vegetables and fruits, often shredded as a salad
Ancestry of “råkost”, step by step
råkost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kost | food |
| 2 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 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 |
via Swedish rå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rå | raw; crude; rough |
| 2 | Swedish | råda | to advise (give advice (to someone)) |
| 3 | Old Swedish | rāþa | to ensure |
| 4 | Old Norse | ráða | to advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |