lis

Afrikaans

/ləs/

noun

Definitions

A ruse, a trick, a cunning plan.

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish list (guile, artifice, sleight, strategem, ruse) inherited from Middle Dutch list inherited from Old Dutch list inherited from Proto-Germanic *listiz (craft, cunning, knowledge, art).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*listiz

Gloss

craft, cunning, knowledge, art

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

芸

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

list Dutch, Flemish
listig Dutch, Flemish
listo Spanish, Castilian
*leys-, *leyǝs- Proto-Indo-European
lesto Portuguese
*listiz Proto-Germanic
list Old English
list Old Norse
list Middle Dutch
list Old High German
𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
list Old Dutch
llistu Asturian