Where does “chest” come from?

chest (Middle English) comes from Old English ċēast, from Old English ċēas, from Old Church Slavonic часъ, from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.

chest (Middle English): fighting, strife, battle; quarrelling,...

Definitions

  1. fighting, strife, battle; quarrelling,...

Ancestry of “chest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċēaststrife, contention
2Old Englishċēasstrife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention,...
3Old Church Slavonicчасъtime; moment; hour
4Proto-Slavicčasъtime
5Proto-Balto-Slavickeʔs-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeank(ʷ)eh₁s-—

Words derived from “chest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs- →Every word from Proto-Slavic časъ →