Where does “Skipiste” come from?

Skipiste (German) comes from German Piste, from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso — to stretch.

Skipiste (German): piste, ski slope

Definitions

  1. piste, ski slope

Ancestry of “Skipiste”, step by step

Skipiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPistepiste; runway; track
2Frenchpistetrack or trail; track; lead, hint
3Italianpistatrack, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,...
4Italianpestafootprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular...
5Italianpestareto crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,...
6Latinpistoto pound
7Latinpīnsōto beat, pound
8Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
9Latinpēnsumallotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
10Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
11Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
12Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
13Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via German ski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanskiski
2Norwegian Bokmålskia ski
3Danishski
4Norwegian Nynorskskia ski
5Old Norseskíðstick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden...
6Proto-Germanicskīdąpiece of wood, billet, board
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndetiEvery word from Proto-Italic pendō