Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kistu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Latin cista (“chest, box”).

Noun

*kistu f

1. chest (strong box)

   Synonym: *kastō

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kistu
Genitive	*kistā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kistu	*kistō
Accusative	*kistā	*kistā
Genitive	*kistā	*kistō
Dative	*kistē	*kistōm, *kistum
Instrumental	*kistu	*kistōm, *kistum

Descendants

• Old English: ċist, ċest
  • Middle English: cheste, chist, chiste, chyst, cyst, kist, kiste, kyst, kyste, cæste (Early Middle English)
    • English: chest
    • Scots: kist
  • → Middle Irish: ciste
    • Irish: ciste
  • → Welsh: cist
• Old Frisian: kiste
  • Saterland Frisian: Kiste
  • West Frisian: kiste
• Old Saxon: kista
  • Middle Low German: kiste, keste
    • German Low German: Kiste, Kist
    • Plautdietsch: Kjist
• Old Dutch: *kista
  • Middle Dutch: kiste
    • Dutch: kist
      • Afrikaans: kis
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kesi
      • Negerhollands: kist
      • → Munsee: kusht
      • → Sranan Tongo: kisi
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: kisi
        • → Saramaccan: kési
• Old High German: kista
  • Middle High German: kiste
    • German: Kiste
    • Hunsrik: Kist
    • Luxembourgish: Këscht