N. cost n. “quarrel” (Category: Strife, Quarrel)

N. cost, n. “quarrel, *dispute” (Category: Strife, Quarrel)

G. farc “split, crack; division, quarrel”

Reference ✧ Ety/KOT ✧ “quarrel”

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kosta- “to quarrel” ✧ Ety/KOT
• ᴺQ. ^costë “quarrel, dispute; legal action”

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kott- “quarrel” ✧ Ety/KOT (kot-t-)
  • < ᴹ√KOT(H) “quarrel, strive, be wroth” ✧ Ety/KOT (KOTH)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kot-t- > cost

[kotte] > [koste] > [kost]

✧ Ety/KOT