Where does “list” come from?

list (German) comes from Middle High German list, from Old High German list, from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.

list (German): cunning, craft

Definitions

  1. cunning, craft

Ancestry of “list”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlist—
2Old High Germanlist—
3Proto-Germaniclistizart, craft; cunning, guile
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleys-to trace, to track

Words derived from “list”

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