Etymograph

English

gosht

Gosht comes from Classical Persian گوشت ‘meat, flesh’, from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš ‘cow’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws ‘cattle’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷṓws1‘cattle’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷews-teh₂1uncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*gawštaH1uncertain
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gā́wš1‘cow’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gawštaH2‘meat, flesh’reconstructed
  6. Classical Persianc. 900–presentگوشت3gōšt‘meat, flesh’
  7. Englishtodaygosht3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Iranian *gawštaH
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Persian گوشت
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English gosht

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷṓwsWiktionary, Proto-Iranian *gawštaH‘cattle’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷews-teh₂Wiktionary, Proto-Iranian *gawštaHuncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*gawštaHWiktionary, Proto-Iranian *gawštaHuncertain
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gā́wšWiktionary, Proto-Iranian *gawštaH‘cow’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gawštaHWiktionary, Persian گوشت‘meat, flesh’reconstructed
  6. Classical Persianc. 900–presentگوشتWiktionary, English goshtgōšt‘meat, flesh’
  7. EnglishtodaygoshtWiktionary, English gosht

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws ‘cattle’

beef, buffalo, cow, boa, bovine, bugle, bulimia, bucolic, boeuf, gopi, 8 more

Today it means

noun mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gosht”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Iranian *gawštaH, Persian گوشت. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws / gosht

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