Where does “lijste” come from?
lijste (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch līsta, from Proto-West Germanic *līstā.
lijste (Middle Dutch): edge, hem; edge
Ancestry of “lijste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | līsta | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *līstā | — |