Where does “ċist” come from?

ċist (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

ċist (Old English): chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box

Definitions

  1. chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box

Ancestry of “ċist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kistuchest strong box
2Latincistaa trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of...
3Ancient Greekκύστιςbladder
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “ċist”

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