Where does “liman” come from?

liman (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish لیمان, 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...

liman (Romanian): haven; port, harbor; bank

Definitions

  1. haven; port, harbor; bank

Ancestry of “liman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلیمانport, haven, harbor, any place where ships can be sheltered
2Byzantine Greekλιμένιον—
3Ancient Greekλιμήνharbor; a haven, retreat, refuge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléymōlake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanley-to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léymō →Every word from Ancient Greek λιμήν →