Where does “*lista” come from?

*lista (Vulgar Latin) comes from Proto-West Germanic *līstā — edge, hem, border.

Ancestry of “*lista”, step by step

*lista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *līstā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*līstāedge, hem, border

via Frankish *līsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*līsta

Words derived from “*lista

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *līstā