Kossuth and its variations are surnames of Slavic origin. Ko- is a prefix that provides emphasis to the root šutý, meaning 'hornless'.
In Slovak, košuta or košút can also mean 'a castrated goat', 'a somersault', or, in dialect, 'a bossy person'.[2]
Notable people with this surname include
- Ferenc Kossuth (1841–1914), Hungarian civil engineer and politician
- Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894), Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, and Governor-President of Hungary in 1849
- Małgorzata Kossut, Polish neuroscientist
- Joseph Kosuth (born 1945), American conceptual artist
- Juraj Košút (1776–1849), Slovak nobleman and lawyer from the Kingdom of Hungary who supported the Slovak national movement
- Marek Košút, Slovak football striker
- Tomáš Košút (born 1990), Slovak football defender
References
- ^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf; Mangold, Max (2023). Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German). Vol. 6 (8 ed.). Berlin: Cornelsen. ISBN 978-3-411-04068-1.
- ^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (24)" (PDF). Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (6). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 343.