Where does “Abum” come from?

Abum (Akkadian) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

Abum (Akkadian): Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August)

Definitions

  1. Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August)

Ancestry of “Abum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
2Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father

Words derived from “Abum”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- →