Where does “chista” come from?
chista (Sicilian) comes from Vulgar Latin eccu ista, from Latin (ec)cu(m) ista(m), from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
chista (Sicilian): feminine singular of chistu; this
Definitions
- feminine singular of chistu; this
Ancestry of “chista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | eccu ista | — |
| 2 | Latin | (ec)cu(m) ista(m) | — |
| 3 | Latin | iste | that ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;... |
| 4 | Latin | hāc | — |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |