Where does “list” come from?
list (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lid-ti, from Proto-Indo-European lēyd- — to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside.
Ancestry of “list”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | lid-ti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | lēyd- | to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside |
Words derived from “list”