Gischt
German (Berlin)
/ɡɪʃt/
noun
Definitions
- The frothy foam on sea waves.
- (dated) Other kinds of foam or froth that form on liquids, such as on beer or boiling water.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German jest inherited from Old High German *jest inherited from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (fermentation, yeast, fermentative matter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*jestuz
Gloss
fermentation, yeast, fermentative matter
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yeast English
- yeasted English
- yeastful English
- yeastless English
- yeastlike English
- yeasty English
- biergist Dutch, Flemish
- gist Dutch, Flemish
- gisten Dutch, Flemish
- gistzwam Dutch, Flemish
- *yes- Proto-Indo-European
- *jestuz Proto-Germanic
- ġist Old English
- yest Middle English
- giosta Irish
- jǫstr Old Norse
- ยีสต์ Thai
- gest Middle Dutch
- *jest Old High German
- jest Middle High German
- *jestu gmw-pro
- *gest Old Dutch
- Jëst Alemannic German
- iij Marshallese
- *jest Old Frisian
- yis Tok Pisin
- yisim Tok Pisin
- yis Hausa