Etymograph

English

gostilna

Gostilna comes from Slovene gostȋlna ‘tavern, inn, gostilna’, from gȍst ‘guest’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰes- ‘to eat’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰes-1‘to eat’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstis2‘guest’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gostь2‘guest’reconstructed
  4. Slovenemoderngȍst2‘guest’
  5. Slovenemoderngostȋlna2‘tavern, inn, gostilna’
  6. Englishtodaygostilna2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English gostilna

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰes-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis‘to eat’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstisWiktionary, English gostilna‘guest’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gostьWiktionary, English gostilna‘guest’reconstructed
  4. SlovenemoderngȍstWiktionary, English gostilna‘guest’
  5. SlovenemoderngostȋlnaWiktionary, English gostilna‘tavern, inn, gostilna’
  6. EnglishtodaygostilnaWiktionary, English gostilna

Linked words

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

hostile, hostility, 6 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis ‘guest’

guest, host, xenon, xenia, 8 more

Today it means

noun A tavern or a restaurant serving Slovene food.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gostilna”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis. 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 *gʰes- / gostilna

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