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

  1. 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

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

via German Beste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBestea river in Germany
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →Every word from Old High German līsta →Every word from Italian lista →