Where does “Lister” come from?

Lister (English) comes from English litster, from Middle English litestere, from Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Lister (English): for a textile dyer

Definitions

  1. for a textile dyer

Ancestry of “Lister”, step by step

Lister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English litster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlitsterA dyer
2Middle Englishlitestere—
3Middle Englishlitento dye
4Old Norsehlítato rely on, trust, abide by; to rely on, trust
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via English List

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 “Lister”

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