Where does “ist” come from?
ist (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic isti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
Ancestry of “ist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *ist | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | isti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |