Etymology

Kosa

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Polish Kosa ← Slovak Kosa ← Ukrainian коса
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The story

  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromKósa
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kosa
  3. Ukrainian · borrowed fromкоса
  4. Slovak · borrowed fromKosa
  5. Polish · borrowed fromKosa
  6. English todayKosa

Various: # From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Kosa, Slovak Kosa, Ukrainian коса (kosa); from Proto-Slavic *kosa. # From Hungarian Kósa.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*kosa all →

Kosar

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