Where does “Hitliste” come from?

Hitliste (German) comes from German Hit, from English hit, from Middle English hit, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

Hitliste (German): list of hits

Definitions

  1. list of hits

Ancestry of “Hitliste”, step by step

Hitliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHithit (A success, especially in the entertainment industry.)
2Englishhit"To strike."; To manage to touch in the right...
3Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
4Old Englishhitit
5Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via German līste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlīstelist
2Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
3Old High Germanlīsta
4Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-