The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*košь“basket”
- Hungarian · derived fromkosár
- Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromKošar
- Slovene · borrowed fromKošar
- Slovak · borrowed fromKošár
- Czech · borrowed fromKošář
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*kosa“scythe”
- Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromKosar
- Slovene · borrowed fromKosar
- Czech · borrowed fromKosař
- English todayKosar
* From Czech Kosař, Slovene Kosar and Serbo-Croatian Kosar; occupational name for a maker of scythes derived from Proto-Slavic *kosa (“scythe”). * From Czech Košář, Slovak Košár, Slovene Košar and Serbo-Croatian Košar, or Hungarian kosár; occupational name for a basketmaker derived from Proto-Slavic *košь (“basket”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Slavic*kosa all →
Kosa
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.