Kiste
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɪstə/
noun
Definitions
- chest, box
- (informal) bed, sleeping furniture
- (informal) old banger, hooptie
- (informal) television set
- (informal) computer tower
- (informal) affair, matter
- (informal) coffin wherein one is interred
- (informal) fundament, buttocks
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kiste inherited from Old High German kista inherited from Proto-Germanic *kistō (chest, box) derived from Latin cista (chest, box, casket) derived from Ancient Greek κίστη (box, chest, basket, hamper) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (woven container).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kisteh₂
Gloss
woven container
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cist English
- kist English
- kistful English
- unkist English
- cista Latin
- cisterna Latin
- Beziehung German
- Beziehungskiste German
- Getränk German
- Getränkekiste German
- Grabbelkiste German
- grabbeln German
- cesta Italian
- cista Italian
- cesta Spanish, Castilian
- cesto Spanish, Castilian
- κίστη Ancient Greek
- *kisteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- kiste Norwegian Bokmål
- cesta Portuguese
- *kistō Proto-Germanic
- cest Old English
- ċest Old English
- kesja Old Norse
- kista Old Norse
- kesto Esperanto
- kiste Middle Dutch
- kista Old High German
- kiste Middle High German
- Bréifkëscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Këscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- cesta Romansh
- chaista Romansh
- chista Romansh
- cesta Asturian