Where does “ayyum” come from?

ayyum (Akkadian) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- — Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc.

ayyum (Akkadian): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “ayyum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʔayy-Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc

Words derived from “ayyum

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-