*līstǭ

Runic: ᛚᛁᛊᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈliːs.tɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

strip; band; hem; selvage; list
edge
ledge
border; rim

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyzd- (‘edge; seam; band’), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (‘track; groove; furrow’) (see also *laistaz); or perhaps related to Latin lītus (‘shore; coast’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	līstǭ	līstōniz
Acc.	līstōnų	līstōnunz
Gen.	līstōniz	līstōnǫ̂
Dat.	līstōni	līstōmaz
Inst.	līstōnē	līstōmiz
Voc.	līstǭ	līstōniz

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Descendants

*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Frankish)
  - *līsta (Old Dutch)
    - lijste, lijst (Middle Dutch)
      - lijst (Dutch)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Frankish)
  - *lista (Vulgar Latin)
    - lista (Galician)
    - lista (Portuguese)
    - lista (Spanish)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Frankish)
  - *lista (Vulgar Latin)
    - lista (Italian)
      - lijst (Dutch)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Frankish)
  - *lista (Vulgar Latin)
    - lista (Italian)
      - Liste (German)
        
        Lëscht (Luxembourgish)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Frankish)
  - *lista (Vulgar Latin)
    - liste (Old French)
      - liste (Middle French)
        
        liste (French)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- līste (Old English)
  - liste, lyste, list (Middle English)
    - liste, lyst, list (Scots)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- līste (Old English)
  - liste, lyste, list (Middle English)
    - list (English)
      - liosta (Irish)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līste, *lēste (Old Frisian)
  - Lieste, Läiste (Saterland Frisian)
  - list (West Frisian)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- līsta (Old High German)
  - līste (Middle High German)
    - Leiste (German)
    - Leist (Hunsrik)
    - Läischt (Luxembourgish)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Old Saxon)
  - lîste (Middle Low German)
    - lieste, liest (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - Liest (German Low German)
*līstā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *līsta (Old Saxon)
  - lîste (Middle Low German)
    - lísta (Old Norse)
      - liste, list (Danish)
      - listi (Faroese)
      - lista, listi (Icelandic)
      - liste (Norwegian)
      - lista, list (Swedish)

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