Where does “Cis” come from?

Cis (Polish) comes from Old Polish cis, from Proto-Slavic tisъ, from Proto-Indo-European taḱs-.

Cis (Polish): yew

Definitions

  1. yew

Ancestry of “Cis”, step by step

Cis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish cis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PolishcisEnglish yew
2Proto-Slavictisъyew
3Proto-Indo-Europeantaḱs-—

via German Cis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanCisC-sharp
2German-issharp, ♯

Words derived from “Cis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European taḱs- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tisъ →Every word from Old Polish cis →
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