quiste

Middle English

/kwist/

noun

Definitions

(rare) One's will and testament.
(Late ME) Bequest, inheritance

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *cwiss inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (saying).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kwissiz

Gloss

saying

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bequest English
quist English
*gʷet- Proto-Indo-European
*kwissiz Proto-Germanic
*cwiss Old English
*cwist Old English
cūsċeote Old English
biqueste Middle English
cowshott Middle English