Where does “листояд” come from?

листояд (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian лист, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

листояд (Bulgarian): leaf eater

Definitions

leaf eater

Ancestry of “листояд”, step by step

листояд traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian лист

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Bulgarian	лист	leaf; sheet
2	French	liste	list
3	German	līste	list
4	Italian	lista	list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5	Old High German	līsta	—
6	Proto-Germanic	līstōn	—

via Bulgarian яд

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Bulgarian	яд	anger; eater; eat
2	Old Church Slavonic	ꙗдъ	poison, venom
3	Proto-Slavic	jadъ	poison, malice

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