Where does “ليقة” come from?

ليقة (Arabic) comes from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

ليقة (Arabic): tuft of cotton or silk threads; clay, mortar,...

Definitions

  1. tuft of cotton or silk threads; clay, mortar,...

Ancestry of “ليقة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
2Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
3Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →