klister

Borrowed from Swedish klister.

klister (countable and uncountable, plural klisters)

1. (skiing) A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.

• Kistler, kilters, kirtles

Inherited from Old Swedish klisther, from Low German klīster, an originally Central German word, possibly from Old High German *klīstar, from Proto-West Germanic *klīstr, from Proto-Germanic *klīstrą (“paste, goo”), ultimately from the root of Klei (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to smear, glue”); compare *klinaną, *klaimaz, *klaiþą, etc.

klister n

1. glue; substance used to make things stick, as a way of attaching a surface to another.
2. klister; soft ski wax (grip wax) for cross country skis

• klistra

• lim

• klister in Svensk ordbok.