Where does “لیمان” come from?

لیمان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Byzantine Greek λιμένιον, from Ancient Greek λιμήν, from Proto-Indo-European léymō, from Proto-Indo-European ley- — to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be...

لیمان (Ottoman Turkish): port, haven, harbor, any place where ships can be sheltered

Definitions

  1. port, haven, harbor, any place where ships can be sheltered

Ancestry of “لیمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekλιμένιον—
2Ancient Greekλιμήνharbor; a haven, retreat, refuge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanléymōlake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanley-to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be...

Words derived from “لیمان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léymō →Every word from Ancient Greek λιμήν →