Where does “Bestenliste” come from?
Bestenliste (German) comes from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
Bestenliste (German): leaderboard, ranking, top ten list of best people or things
Definitions
- leaderboard, ranking, top ten list of best people or things
Ancestry of “Bestenliste”, step by step
Bestenliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German līste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | līste | list |
| 2 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 3 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |
via German Beste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beste | a river in Germany |