English

Pogosta disease

Pogosta disease comes from Russian погост ‘rural cemetery’, from гость ‘guest, visitor’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstis‘guest’reconstructed
Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*gastís‘guest’reconstructed
Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gostь‘guest’reconstructed
Old East Slavicmodernгость‘guest’
Russianmodernsame formgostʹ‘guest, visitor’
Old East Slavicmodernпогостъ
Russianmodernпогостpogost‘rural cemetery’
EnglishtodayPogosta disease

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstis‘guest’reconstructed
Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*gastís‘guest’reconstructed
Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gostь‘guest’reconstructed
Old East Slavicmodernгость‘guest’
Russianmodernsame formgostʹ‘guest, visitor’
Old East Slavicmodernпогостъ
Russianmodernпогостpogost‘rural cemetery’
EnglishtodayPogosta disease

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰes- ‘to eat’

hostile, hostility, 7 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis ‘guest’

host, guest, xenon, xenia, 9 more

Today it means

noun A viral disease caused by Sindbis virus, encountered mainly in eastern Finland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis / Pogosta disease

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