Old English costian

← Old English cost (cognate)

← Old English cost (cognate)

← Old English cystan (cognate)

← Old English cyst (cognate)

← Old English ceosan (mention)

← German kosten (cognate)

← English choose (link)

← Proto-Germanic *kustōną (derived)

← Old High German kostōn (cognate)

← Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (root)

← Icelandic kosta (cognate)

← Old Saxon kostōn (cognate)

→ English costen (inherited)

→ English costning (derived)

→ English cast about (cognate)

→ Old English wiþcostian (prefix)

→ Old English costnian (mention)