Where does “heist” come from?
heist (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål heise, from Dutch hijsen, from Middle Dutch hisen.
heist (Norwegian Bokmål): past participle of heise
Ancestry of “heist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | heise | to hoist |
| 2 | Dutch | hijsen | to pull up, hoist |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hisen | — |