Where does “*listi” come from?
*listi (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.
Ancestry of “*listi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | listiz | art, craft; cunning, guile |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | leys- | to trace, to track |