Where does “limes” come from?

limes (Finnish) comes from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limes (Finnish): limit, used mainly to read out formulas

Definitions

  1. limit, used mainly to read out formulas

Ancestry of “limes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
2Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Latin līmus →