Proto-Baltic: *kiñ- vb., *kī̃n-ī̂- vb., *kiñ-t-iā̃ f.
Meaning: strive, struggle
Lettish: cī̀stiês (cīstuos/cī̀šuos, cī̀tuos) 'ringen, streben, trachten', *cī̀tiês [cī̀ties2 (Praulen)] `streben, trachten', [cîties2 (Bielenstein)] (cîstuos, cijuos) 'kämpfen, ringen'; cī̀nîtiês (-uos, -ījuos) `kämpfen, ringen, sich bemühen'; cī̀te 'Eifer, Strebsamkeit'