English Explanatory Dictionary

Kosak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of Cossack.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Kosak Kosaks

Etymology

* As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak. * Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself formed from koš (“basket”). * As a Slovene surname, from koščak (“kind of nut tree”), probably from kost (“bone”). Compare Koschak. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from košak (“basket”). Compare Kosack.

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