Where does “ainmliosta” come from?
ainmliosta (Irish) comes from Irish liosta, from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
ainmliosta (Irish): catalogue
Ancestry of “ainmliosta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | liosta | list; slow, tedious; irksome, tiresome |
| 2 | English | List | — |
| 3 | French | liste | list |
| 4 | German | līste | — |
| 5 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 6 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |