Where does “Einkaufsliste” come from?

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

Einkaufsliste (German): shopping list, list of things to buy

Definitions

  1. shopping list, list of things to buy

Ancestry of “Einkaufsliste”, step by step

Einkaufsliste 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 einkauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneinkaufpurchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)
2Middle High Germaneinkauf—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →Every word from Old High German līsta →Every word from Italian lista →