Where does “Aufgabenliste” come from?

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

Aufgabenliste (German): to-do list

Definitions

  1. to-do list

Ancestry of “Aufgabenliste”, step by step

Aufgabenliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German līste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlīstelist
2Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
3Old High Germanlīsta—
4Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via German Aufgabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufgabetask, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business,...
2Middle High Germanūfgābe—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →