höst
Swedish
/hœst/
noun
Definitions
- autumn (season)
- (figuratively) the time towards the end of a life; the time of old age
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse haust inherited from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (harvest, autumn, fall, harvest-time) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (pluck, harvest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kerp-
Gloss
pluck, harvest
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- excerpt English
- ex- Latin
- καρπός Ancient Greek
- κρώπιον Ancient Greek
- *kerp- Proto-Indo-European
- høst Norwegian Bokmål
- høstdag Norwegian Bokmål
- høstjevndøgn Norwegian Bokmål
- høstløv Norwegian Bokmål
- *harbistaz Proto-Germanic
- *harbustaz Proto-Germanic
- *harbustaz, *harbistaz Proto-Germanic
- *harƀustaz Proto-Germanic
- dagjämning Swedish
- hösta Swedish
- höstas Swedish
- höstdagjämning Swedish
- höstkantarell Swedish
- kantarell Swedish
- haust Norwegian Nynorsk
- herfest Old English
- hærfest Old English
- hærfestlic Old English
- harvest Middle English
- haust Old Norse
- hausta Old Norse
- høst Danish
- høste Danish
- haust Icelandic
- haustlegur Icelandic
- herbist Old High German
- heyst Faroese
- Hierscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *harbist gmw-pro
- *hervist Old Dutch
- herbest Cimbrian
- herbestmånat Cimbrian
- herbust Cimbrian
- Herpscht Alemannic German
- harpscht Alemannic German
- herbscht Alemannic German
- hérbscht Alemannic German
- *karpō Proto-Italic
- herfst Old Frisian
- *karpā Proto-Albanian
- herbast Bavarian
- herbischt Bavarian
- hörbist Bavarian