khest
Cimbrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a reinterpretation of Middle High German kesten sg as plural (*keste + the common -en ending).[1] kesten is from Old High German kestinna, from Proto-West Germanic *kastannjā, from Latin castanea. Cognate with dialectal German Käste, Keste, English chesten.
Noun
[edit]khest f (plural khestn)
References
[edit]- ^ “kästen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further reading
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms derived from Latin
- Cimbrian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian nouns
- Cimbrian feminine nouns
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