oast

Betekenis (Engels)

A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

Sinonieme

furnace

oven

bakery

incinerator

siccative

Vertalings

Darre

Malzdarre

Hopfendarre

Tabakdarre

φούρνος

κλίβανος

ξηραντικός

séchoir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əʊst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ost

Geërf van Old English: āst

Verwante met Nederlands: eest

Verwante met Middle Low German: eiste

Verwante met Latyn: aedes

Verwante met Old English: ād

In summary

From Middle English ost, from Old English āst (“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (“kiln”), from *aisǭ (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest (“kiln”), Middle Low German eiste (“kiln”), Latin aedes (“house; hearth”), Old English ād (“fire; funeral pyre”).