The story
- Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₂eydʰ-“to burn; fire”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*aistaz“kiln”
- Old English · inherited fromāst“a kiln”
- Middle English · inherited fromost
- English todayoast
From Middle English ost, from Old English āst (“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (“kiln”), from *aisǭ (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest (“kiln”), Middle Low German eiste (“kiln”), Latin aedes (“house; hearth”), Old English ād (“fire; funeral pyre”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.