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
- list; slow, tedious; irksome, tiresome
Ancestry of “liosta”, step by step
liosta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English List
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | List | A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth |
| 2 | French | liste | list |
| 3 | German | līste | list |
| 4 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 5 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |
via Old Irish lista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | lista | tedious, wearisome; persistent, tenacious |