Where does “lijst” come from?

lijst (Dutch) comes from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

lijst (Dutch): list; picture frame

Definitions

  1. list; picture frame

Ancestry of “lijst”, step by step

lijst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
2Old High Germanlīsta—
3Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via Middle Dutch lijste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlijsteedge, hem; edge
2Old Dutchlīsta—

Words derived from “lijst”

Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →