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Probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ(kašā, “to pile up”) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian𒃢(SILA₄/kasû/), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like dodder species. Also Jewish Babylonian Aramaicכְּשׁוּתָא(kəšūṯā), Hebrewכְּשׁוּת(kəšūṯ).
