Etymology

Kosar

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Czech Kosař ← Slovene Kosar ← Serbo-Croatian Kosar
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*košь“basket”
  2. Hungarian · derived fromkosár
  3. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromKošar
  4. Slovene · borrowed fromKošar
  5. Slovak · borrowed fromKošár
  6. Czech · borrowed fromKošář
  7. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kosa“scythe”
  8. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromKosar
  9. Slovene · borrowed fromKosar
  10. Czech · borrowed fromKosař
  11. 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.