Where does “hitlista” come from?

hitlista (Swedish) comes from Swedish hit, from English hit, from Middle English hit, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hitlista (Swedish): a hit list, a pop chart

Definitions

  1. a hit list, a pop chart

Ancestry of “hitlista”, step by step

hitlista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhithere; to this place, hither; hit; something very...
2Englishhit"To strike."; To manage to touch in the right...
3Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
4Old Englishhitit
5Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via Swedish lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlistaa list; a register or roll of paper consisting of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-