Where does “liame” come from?

liame (Galician) comes from Latin ligāmen, from Dutch ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

liame (Galician): rope used to secure the load

Definitions

  1. rope used to secure the load

Ancestry of “liame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligāmena bandage, band, tie
2Dutchligament—
3Latinligāmentumbandage
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →