"dost" meaning in English

See dost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dʌst/, /dʊst/ [Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dost.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doest [alternative], do'st [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌst Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English -st English dost From do + -st. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|do|-st|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English -st English dost [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*dōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*dōn", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "dōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "don", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "do", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-st", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dost", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dost"> From do + -st. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dost
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of do Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: do Related terms: didst, do, doth, thou
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}

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