Where does “ላይ” come from?

ላይ (Amharic) comes from Proto-West Semitic *ʕalay-, from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- — on, on top of.

ላይ (Amharic): on, upon

Definitions

  1. on, upon

Ancestry of “ላይ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semitic*ʕalay-—
2Proto-Semitic*ʕalay-on, on top of
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- →Every word from Proto-West Semitic *ʕalay- →