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

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
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