Where does “liste” come from?

liste (Danish) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

liste (Danish): a list; To sneak, creep; To tiptoe, walk softly

Definitions

  1. a list; To sneak, creep; To tiptoe, walk softly

Ancestry of “liste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn

Words derived from “liste

Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn