Where does “Cis” come from?
Cis (Polish) comes from Old Polish cis, from Proto-Slavic tisъ, from Proto-Indo-European taḱs-.
Ancestry of “Cis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | cis | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tisъ | yew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | taḱs- | — |