Where does “Λίμερικ” come from?
Λίμερικ (Greek) comes from English Limerick, from Irish Luimneach, from Irish lom na n-each — grassless of the horses.
Ancestry of “Λίμερικ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Limerick | A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence |
| 2 | Irish | Luimneach | — |
| 3 | Irish | lom na n-each | grassless of the horses |