Appendix:Proto-Germanic/listiz

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      This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words 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-, *leyǝs- (track, furrow, trail, trace), equivalent to *lizaną +‎ *-þiz. Compare also *liznaną (to learn).

      Noun

      *listiz f

      1. art, craft
      2. cunning, guile

      Declension


      Descendants

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