Where does “huske” come from?
huske (Danish) comes from Danish liste, from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
huske (Danish): to remember
Definitions
- to remember
Ancestry of “huske”, step by step
huske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish liste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | liste | a list; To sneak, creep; To tiptoe, walk softly |
| 2 | English | List | A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth |
| 3 | French | liste | list |
| 4 | German | līste | list |
| 5 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 6 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |
via Old Norse hugsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | hugsa | to think, to consider |
| 2 | Old Norse | hugr | thought |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hugiz | mind, thought, sense, understanding |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱk-í-s ~ ḱk-éy-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱek- | to be able, capable |