Where does “verbondskist” come from?
verbondskist (Dutch) comes from Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Old Dutch *kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
verbondskist (Dutch): the Ark of the Covenant
Ancestry of “verbondskist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kist | A box, chest; A coffin; An aeroplane |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kiste | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | *kista | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kistu | — |
| 5 | Latin | cista | a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κύστις | bladder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |