Where does “limiten” come from?

limiten (Middle English) comes from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Ancestry of “limiten”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	limiter	—
2	Latin	līmitō	to limit, delimit, bound
3	Latin	līmes	limit, border, path
4	Latin	līmus	sidelong, askew, askance, sideways
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂leyH-	to smear
6	Proto-Indo-European	leyh₂-	to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

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