Where does “Kjist” come from?

Kjist (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kiste, from Old Saxon kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Kjist (Plautdietsch): chest, trunk, box

Definitions

  1. chest, trunk, box

Ancestry of “Kjist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankiste—
2Old Saxonkista—
3Proto-West Germanic*kistuchest strong box
4Latincistaa trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of...
5Ancient Greekκύστιςbladder
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Ancient Greek κύστις →Every word from Latin cista →