Where does “lyster” come from?

lyster (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch lijster, from Middle Dutch lijstre, from Proto-West Germanic lī(h)strō.

lyster (Afrikaans): thrush

Definitions

  1. thrush

Ancestry of “lyster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlijsterthrush, one of several species of songbirds of...
2Middle Dutchlijstrethrush
3Proto-West Germaniclī(h)strō—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic lī(h)strō →Every word from Middle Dutch lijstre →Every word from Dutch lijster →