Where does “shelflist” come from?

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

shelflist (English): A bibliographic record that lists works in the order in which they are physically stored on the shelves

Definitions

  1. A bibliographic record that lists works in the order in which they are physically stored on the shelves

Ancestry of “shelflist”, step by step

shelflist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via English shelf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshelfA flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to...
2Middle EnglishschelfeA shelf or ledge; A cupboard; a piece of...
3Old Englishsċylfedeck of a ship
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →