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Contents 1 Danish 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Adverb 1.1.2 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Inflection 2 Estonian 2.1 Noun 3 Latvian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Verb 4 Norwegian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Old English 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 6 Romansch 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Slovene 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Swedish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Etymology 1 8.2.1 Noun 8.3 Etymology 2 8.3.1 Noun 8.3.1.1 Synonyms 9 Tocharian B 9.1 Noun

[edit] Danish

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From Middle Low German ōst (“‘east’”).

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ost

1. east

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ost

1. east

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From Old Norse ostr.

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• IPA: /ost/, [ɔsd̥]

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ost c. (singular definite osten, plural indefinite oste)

1. cheese

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[edit] Estonian

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ost

1. purchase

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[edit] Latvian

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ōdtēy, via Winter's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.

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ost

1. to smell

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[edit] Norwegian

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From Old Norse ostr.

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ost m.

1. cheese

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic. Cognate with Middle Low German ōst (Dutch oest (“‘knot, tree-stump’”)), Old High German ast (German Ast (“‘branch’”)), Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃.

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• IPA: /o:st/

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ōst m.

1. a knot in a tree

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[edit] Romansch

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From a Germanic language.

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ost

1. east

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[edit] Slovene

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Back-formation from oster.

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ost f.

1. a sharp tip

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse ostr.

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ost c.

1. cheese

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ost c.

1. (uncountable) east

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• öst, öster

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[edit] Tocharian B

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ost

1. house