Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kisteh₂”

121 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kisteh₂ — including chest, cistern, chested, cist, kist, chesty, cisternal, barechested.

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English (32)

Italian (11)

Dutch (9)

Spanish (6)

Esperanto (4)

Portuguese (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Middle English (4)

Latin (3)

Irish (3)

Romansch (3)

Old English (3)

German (3)

Swedish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Ido (2)

Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Manx (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Asturian (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Czech (1)

French (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Istriot (1)

Friulian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Romanian (1)

Old French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)