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Where does “bardagalist” come from?

bardagalist (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic list, from Old Norse list, from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.

bardagalist (Icelandic): martial art

Definitions

  1. martial art

Ancestry of “bardagalist”, step by step

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