Where does “lys” come from?
lys (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch lijst, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
lys (Afrikaans): list, record
Ancestry of “lys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | lijst | list; picture frame |
| 2 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 3 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |