The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kīþą
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kīþ
- Old English · inherited fromċīþ
- Middle English · inherited fromchis
- English todaychism
Uncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċīþ all →
chitchive
Proto-Germanic*kīþą all →
chitkitt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.