kost

Swedish

/kɔst/

noun

Definitions

food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse kostr (chance, choice, opportunity, quality, value, state, terms, choose, condition) derived from Middle Low German kost (meal, food).

Origin

Middle Low German

kost

Gloss

meal, food

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Kosten German
*kustuz Proto-Germanic
husman Swedish
husmanskost Swedish
afarkostr Old Norse
kostr Old Norse
frokost Danish
kost Danish
kyst Danish
coste Old French
kostur Icelandic
husmann Middle Low German
husmannskost Middle Low German
kost Middle Low German
kostær Old Danish

husman
husmanskost