Word of the Week: kost – ‘bone’
From Radio Prague International - Topic «Czech language course» by Radio Prague International
August 30, 2025
About this episode
This episode explores the Czech word for 'bone' and its linguistic significance.
Kost is the Czech word for ‘bone’, a word with an unclear prehistory, but it offers us a couple of avenues for doing linguistic archaeology.
Topics covered
- Czech language
- linguistic archaeology
- word origins
- language learning
- Czech vocabulary
Keywords
- Czech language
- kost
- bone
- linguistics
- vocabulary
- language course
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