Where does “Lemnos” come from?

Lemnos is an English place name derived from Ancient Greek Λῆμνος, which traces to Proto-Semitic l-b-n, though the original meaning remains unclear.

Lemnos (English): located in the Aegean Sea

Definitions

  1. located in the Aegean Sea

Ancestry of “Lemnos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekΛήμνος—
2Ancient GreekΛῆμνοςa Greek island Lemnos
3Phoenician𐤋𐤁𐤍white
4Proto-Semiticlaban-dairy

Words derived from “Lemnos”

Every word from Proto-Semitic laban- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 →Every word from Ancient Greek Λῆμνος →