Where does “chustka” come from?

chustka (Polish) comes from Romanian fustă, from Greek φούστα, from Greek φουστάνι, from Italian fustagno, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

chustka (Polish): kerchief, headscarf; tissue

Definitions

  1. kerchief, headscarf; tissue

Ancestry of “chustka”, step by step

chustka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian fustă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfustăskirt
2Greekφούσταskirt
3Greekφουστάνιdress; woman, women
4Italianfustagnofustian
5Medieval Latinfustaneum—
6Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via Polish chusta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchustaheadscarf
2Ukrainianхвуста—

Words derived from “chustka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Latin fustis →