Where does “liman” come from?

liman (Galician) comes from Galician limar, from Latin līmō, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू.

liman (Galician): third-person plural present indicative of limar

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of limar

Ancestry of “liman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlimarto file; first/third-person singular future...
2Latinlīmōto sharpen
3Latinlimafile
4Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
5SpanishLimónlemon
6Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
7Persianلیموlemon; lime
8Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
9Mundarilembu
Every word from Mundari lembuEvery word from Sanskrit निम्बूEvery word from Persian لیمو