From Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *hβΓ©sti. Cognate with Proto-Norse ααα (ist), Old High German ist, more distantly with Sanskrit ΰ€ ΰ€Έΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ€Ώ (Γ‘sti), Ancient Greek αΌΟΟΞ― (estΓ), Old Persian π πΏπ«π‘πΉ (astiy), Hittite πππ£ (Δszi), Old Church Slavonic ΡΡΡΡ (estΕ), Latin est.