Where does “byggilist” come from?

byggilist (Faroese) comes from Faroese list, from Old Norse list, from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.

byggilist (Faroese): architecture

Definitions

  1. architecture

Ancestry of “byggilist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeselistart
2Old Norselist—
3Proto-Germaniclistizart, craft; cunning, guile
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleys-to trace, to track
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic listiz →Every word from Old Norse list →