TYPO3 Core

Having a suggest field of 'type' => 'group' and 'internal_type' => 'db', the suggest functionality breaks in IE11.

Error:

jQuery.Deferred exception: Object doesn't support property or method 'closest' TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'closest'
at e.prototype.initialize (http://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/FormEngineSuggest.js?bust=1553101704:13:262)
at Anonymous function (http://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/FormEngineSuggest.js?bust=1553101704:13:202)
at mightThrow (http://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/typo3/sysext/core/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Contrib/jquery/jquery.js:3534:10)
at Anonymous function (http://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/typo3/sysext/core/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Contrib/jquery/jquery.js:3602:12) undefined
SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'closest'
jquery.js (3827,3)

• Open page properties in backend => on page load, see error message in browser console
• Navigate to tab "Appearance"
• Insert existing page title into text field "Show Content from Page [content_from_pid]" => nothing happens

System:
Windows 10, IE 11.15.16299