Where does “Grabbelkiste” come from?
Grabbelkiste (German) comes from German Kiste, from Middle High German kiste, from Old High German kista, from Proto-Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
Grabbelkiste (German): box of spare parts
Definitions
- box of spare parts
Ancestry of “Grabbelkiste”, step by step
Grabbelkiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kiste | chest, box; bed, sleeping furniture; old banger,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kiste | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kista | — |
| 4 | Proto-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 |