Where does “bista” come from?
bista (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Middle Low German bistan, from Old Dutch bi-, from Old Dutch bī, from Proto-Germanic bi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- — on, onto.
bista (Serbo-Croatian): bust
Definitions
- bust
Ancestry of “bista”, step by step
bista traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German bistan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | bistan | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | bi- | A prefix used to make transitive verbs |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bī | by, near |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Spanish vista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | vista | sight, vision; view; trial |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | visita | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 5 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 6 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via French buste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 2 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 3 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 4 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |