The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*kyšьka“intestine, stomach”
- Ukrainian · derived fromки́шка
- Russian · derived fromкишка́
- Polish · derived fromkiszka
- Slavic · derived from
- Yiddish · borrowed fromקישקע
- English todaykishke
Attested in English since the late 1930s, from Yiddish קישקע (kishke), from Slavic—Polish kiszka, Russian кишка́ (kišká), or Ukrainian ки́шка (kýška). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyšьka (“intestine, stomach”). May be related to Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”) or Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.