oast
English
/əʊst/
noun
Definitions
- (British) A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ost inherited from Old English āst (a kiln) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (kiln) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (burn, fire, kindle, shine, ignite).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eydʰ-
Gloss
burn, fire, kindle, shine, ignite
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
火
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- house English
- oast house English
- aedes Latin
- aedifex Latin
- aestus Latin
- aestās Latin
- aestātem Latin
- eest Dutch, Flemish
- Αἴτνη Ancient Greek
- αἰθήρ Ancient Greek
- αἴθω Ancient Greek
- *h₂eydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éydʰ-lom Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éydʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éydʰteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *aidlō Proto-Germanic
- *aidulǭ Proto-Germanic
- *ailijaną Proto-Germanic
- *aistaz Proto-Germanic
- adlieg Old English
- ād Old English
- āst Old English
- ost Middle English
- eeste Middle Dutch
- Áed Old Irish
- hith Albanian
- *aidos Proto-Celtic
- *aidus Proto-Celtic
- *aydus Proto-Celtic
- *Haydʰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *aissāts Proto-Italic
- *aiðīlis Proto-Italic
- 𐭰𐭩𐭡𐭠 Middle Persian
- intsau Tocharian B
- *áitʰos Proto-Hellenic