Where does “listepik” come from?

listepik (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.

listepik (Danish): a man who uses indirect and disingenuous tactics to seduce women

Definitions

  1. a man who uses indirect and disingenuous tactics to seduce women

Ancestry of “listepik”, step by step

listepik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish liste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlistea list; To sneak, creep; To tiptoe, walk softly
2EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
3Frenchlistelist
4Germanlīstelist
5Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
6Old High Germanlīsta
7Proto-Germaniclīstōn

via Danish pik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpikcock, penis; peck
2Old Norsepikkato prick, peck
3Proto-Germanicpikkōnąto pick, peck, prick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn