Where does “listasafn” come from?

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

listasafn (Icelandic): art museum

Definitions

  1. art museum

Ancestry of “listasafn”, step by step

listasafn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic list

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

via Icelandic safn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsafna museum; a collection; a flock of sheep
2Icelandicsafnato gather, collect
3Old Norsesafna—
4Proto-Germanic*samnōną—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic listiz →Every word from Old Norse list →
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