Where does “Lyrid” come from?

Lyrid (English) comes from English ID, from Hindi ईद, from Persian عید, from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

Lyrid (English): A shooting star or meteor observed as originating...

Definitions

  1. A shooting star or meteor observed as originating...

Ancestry of “Lyrid”, step by step

Lyrid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ID

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIDInitialism of identification or identity...
2HindiईदEid
3Persianعیدfeast, feast day; celebration; holiday
4Arabicعِيدholiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,...
5Arabicمحمدcommendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;...
6Arabicحَمَّدَto praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,...
7Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
8Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-

via English Lyra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLyraA summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula
2LatinLyralyre, lute
3Ancient Greekλύραlyre, string instrument with a sounding board...
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-