Mysteries of vernacular: Keister - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

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Originally meaning a woven container, the word keister has roots all over the place. The devil's tool box? Sure. A safe? That too. So, how did it become associated with the buttocks? Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel get to the bottom of the word keister.
Lesson by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, animation by Jessica Oreck.

[@berni1602]

Also cista made it's own way to "cesta" in spanish, meaning a container; and chest, wich refers to the torax it's because it contains many organs.

[@thejerrymobile]

"Indecorously." Now there's word that could stand to be used more often.

[@spongbros]

Could “cistern” also derive from “kista”?

[@malcolmbryant]

Never heard of this word in my life.

[@googolplexbyte]

I like how most european languages maintain the proto-indo-european version nearly as is, but we english change it to chest.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

So they don't really know why "keister" is a butt, but they decided to make a video about it anyway. Actually, I think a lot of slangs just started with someone saying the first word that popped into his head, and it just caught on.

[@JACKfromMNG]

I like this series i want more :D

[@hipolipolopigus]

I have my own theory; Pirates. Chest, Booty, then a little hearkening back to Kiste with Keister.

[@halcyonparade]

The term "junk in the trunk" has some etymological significance after all. Who da thunk?!

[@HienNguyenHMN]

She's doing one for each letter of the alphabet. I don't know if "K for Keister" is the most interesting, but that's part of the reason.

[@AFSRodrigues]

In continental Portuguese, the ass is sometimes referred to as "package" or."packet" Maybe for similar reasons?

[@richemane]

In Swedish we call a chest kista, pronouncing the k with the ch sound in chest.

[@vaendryl]

kist is also dutch for chest.

[@penderyn8794]

A Welsh word for Chest box is also Cist

[@HarrymanGR]

Solid.

[@AlanKey86]

Jessica or Rachael (not sure which) has a very masculine voice...

[@Mandoo]

The Junk in yer Trunk! I get it! :3

[@fahadabid]

a Key Hole between the Keister !

[@NinjaOtt3r]

Interesting

[@NighteeeeeY]

"Kiste" is german for box.

[@101yayo]

Khosta means packaging in nepalese

[@Yaddlezap]

Thumbs up for a mystery of vernacular on the word "TOGGLE"

[@haleyganderman9960]

How does it tickle ur fancy? O.o

[@Point.Aveugle]

More proof that the c sound in Latin makes a k sound muahah

[@1Goalie1]

im sure someone will use this to pick up a girl =)

[@SAsgarters]

Sounds unnecessarily convoluted.

[@penderyn8794]

"British dialect" Bad use of the word British The actual British languages are Celtic Welsh and Cornish....not the more Germanic English

[@kphantom]

Did you run out of interesting words? Love the series but once you start talking about ass the whole things falls to pieces.