hoast

English

noun

Definitions

(dialectal) A cough.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *host derived from Old Norse hósti (a cough).

Origin

Old Norse

hósti

Gloss

a cough

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*kwas- Proto-Indo-European
hoste Norwegian Bokmål
*hwōstô Proto-Germanic
hosta Swedish
*host Middle English
hósti Old Norse
hoste Danish
hostesaft Danish
hōsta, hosta Old Swedish