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
- a list; To sneak, creep; To tiptoe, walk softly
Ancestry of “liste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | List | — |
| 2 | French | liste | list |
| 3 | German | līste | — |
| 4 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 5 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |
Words derived from “liste”