Where does “limau” come from?

limau (Malay) comes from Portuguese Limão, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू, from Mundari lembu.

limau (Malay): any member of the genus "Citrus", especially its...

Definitions

  1. any member of the genus "Citrus", especially its...

Ancestry of “limau”, step by step

limau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Limão

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseLimãolemon citrus fruit
2Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
3Persianلیموlemon; lime
4Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
5Mundarilembu—

via Proto-Malayic limaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclimaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimawlime, citrus

Words derived from “limau”

Every word from Mundari lembu →Every word from Sanskrit निम्बू →Every word from Persian لیمو →
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