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.

list (Latvian): to creep

Definitions

  1. to creep

Ancestry of “list”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclid-ti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēyd-to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside

Words derived from “list”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēyd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lid-ti →