Etymology

thost

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Today it means: dung Full definition →

Middle English thost ← Old English þost ← Proto-West Germanic *þost
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*tews-“to clear; empty; drain”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þustaz“manure”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þost
  4. Old English · inherited fromþost“dung; ordure”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromthost
  6. English todaythost

From Middle English thost, from Old English þost (“dung; ordure”), from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz (“manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to clear; empty; drain”).

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