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ostr
ostr
Old Norse
Noun
ostr
m
cheese
Descendants
Danish:
ost
c
Faroese:
ostur
m
Icelandic:
ostur
m
Norwegian:
ost
m
Swedish:
ost
c
References
ostr
in Geir T. Zoëga
(1910)
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
, Oxford
:
Clarendon Press
Etymology
From
Proto-Germanic
*justaz
. Akin to Latin
ius
, Proto-Slavic
*juxa
. Compare Finnish
juusto
.
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