Where does “liila” come from?

liila (Finnish) comes from Swedish lila, from French lilas, from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك, from Persian نیلک, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 — to lead.

liila (Finnish): lilac

Definitions

  1. lilac

Ancestry of “liila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlilalilac; purple, violet
2Frenchlilaslilac
3Frenchlilacarchaic form of lilas
4Arabicلِيلَكlilac
5Persianنیلک—
6Persianنیلindigo
7Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
8Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
9Sanskritनीलof a dark color
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

Words derived from “liila”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नील →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 →