Where does “kiste” come from?

kiste (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “kiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankista—
2Proto-Germanic*kistu—
3Latincistaa trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of...
4Ancient Greekκύστιςbladder
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “kiste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Ancient Greek κύστις →Every word from Latin cista →