Where does “*ist” come from?

*ist (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic isti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

Ancestry of “*ist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicisti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

Words derived from “*ist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic isti →