Where does “listong” come from?

listong (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lis, from English Lisp, from Middle English lispen, from Old English wlispian, from Old English wlisp, from Proto-Germanic wlispaz, from Proto-Indo-European wlis-, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

listong (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English): speech disorder

Definitions

  1. speech disorder

Ancestry of “listong”, step by step

listong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Antigua and Barbuda Creole Englishlislisp
2EnglishLispA functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence
3Middle Englishlispen
4Old Englishwlispian
5Old Englishwlisplisping; stammering
6Proto-Germanicwlispazstammering; lisping
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwlis-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via Proto-Indo-European tong-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantong-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wlis-Every word from Proto-Germanic wlispaz