Where does “kitbash” come from?

kitbash (English) comes from English kit, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kitbash (English): To create a new scale model using pieces from...

Definitions

  1. To create a new scale model using pieces from...

Ancestry of “kitbash”, step by step

kitbash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkitA circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;...
2Middle Englishkyt
3Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
4Old High Germankuti
5Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
6Proto-Germanickweduzresin
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
8Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English Bash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBashThe Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems
2Old Englishbaschen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz