jäst
Swedish
/jɛst/
noun
Definitions
- yeast
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish iæster inherited from Old Norse jǫstr inherited from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (fermentation, yeast, fermentative matter) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yes- (boil, foam).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yes-
Gloss
boil, foam
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yeast English
- yeasted English
- yeastful English
- yeastless English
- yeastlike English
- yeasty English
- jästi Finnish
- jästipää Finnish
- ζέω Ancient Greek
- *yes- Proto-Indo-European
- jest Norwegian Bokmål
- jester Norwegian Bokmål
- *jestuz Proto-Germanic
- asa Norwegian Nynorsk
- ase Norwegian Nynorsk
- jest Norwegian Nynorsk
- jester Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġist Old English
- इष्टका Sanskrit
- yest Middle English
- giosta Irish
- jǫstr Old Norse
- jöstur Icelandic
- ยีสต์ Thai
- *jest Old High German
- *jestu gmw-pro
- *gest Old Dutch
- iæster Old Swedish
- iij Marshallese
- *jest Old Frisian
- yis Tok Pisin
- yisim Tok Pisin
- yis Hausa