Where does “hljómlist” come from?
hljómlist (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic list, from Old Norse list, from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.
hljómlist (Icelandic): music
Ancestry of “hljómlist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | list | art |
| 2 | Old Norse | list | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | listiz | art, craft; cunning, guile |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leys- | to trace, to track |