Where does “līmes” come from?

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

līmes (Latin): limit, border, path

Definitions

  1. limit, border, path

Ancestry of “līmes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “līmes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Latin līmus →
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