kist

kist · noun, verb¹

1. Old Norse · borrowed fromkista“chest”
2. English todaykist

Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh

kist · noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromقِسْط
2. Hindustani · borrowed from
3. English todaykist

Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).

Kist · noun³

1. Georgian · derived fromქისტები“Ingush”
2. English todayKist

From the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

Kist · proper noun⁴

From the German surname, named after the town Kist in Würzburg. Also a Westphalian German Low German spelling variant of Kirst.

Words from the same roots