Where does “liur” come from?

liur (Romanian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ — river channel.

liur (Romanian): weak, poor wine

Definitions

  1. weak, poor wine

Ancestry of “liur”, step by step

liur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluʀriver
2Proto-Austronesian*iluʀriver channel

via Ukrainian люра

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianлюра—

Words derived from “liur”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ →