Etymology Explorer › Irish

Where does “liosta” come from?

liosta (Irish) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

liosta (Irish): list; slow, tedious; irksome, tiresome

Definitions

  1. list; slow, tedious; irksome, tiresome

Ancestry of “liosta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishList—
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīste—
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

Words derived from “liosta”

  • leabharliosta
  • ainmliosta
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