Perhaps it's a loanword meaning "little shit". March 31, 2009 chained_bear commented on the word shyster Etymology from the OED: "Of obscure origin. It might be f. SHY a. (sense 7, disreputable) + -ster; but this sense of the adj. is app. not current in the U.S." In ...
shyster meaning, definition, what is shyster: a dishonest person, especially a lawyer ...: Learn more.
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cut, split," extension of root*sek-"to cut." It forms all or part of:abscissa;conscience;conscious;ecu;escudo;escutcheon;esquire;nescience;nescient;nice;omniscience;omniscient;plebiscite;prescience;prescient;rescind;rescission;science;scienter;scilicet;sciolist;sciss...