Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/listiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably formed from the root of *lizaną (“to know, understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow, trail, trace”), equivalent to *lizaną +‎ *-þiz.[1] Compare also Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn (“to learn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlis.tiz/

Noun

*listiz f[1]

  1. art, craft
  2. cunning, guile

Inflection

Declension of *listiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *listiz *listīz
vocative *listi *listīz
accusative *listį *listinz
genitive *listīz *listijǫ̂
dative *listī *listimaz
instrumental *listī *listimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *listi
    • Old English: list
    • Old Frisian: list, lest
      • Saterland Frisian: List
      • West Frisian: list
    • Old Saxon: list
      • Middle Low German: list
    • Old Dutch: list
    • Old High German: list
  • Old Norse: list
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (lists)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *lь̏stь (see there for further descendants)
  • →⇒? Vulgar Latin: *listus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*listi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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