Where does “ልብ” come from?

ልብ (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic libb-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lib- — heart.

ልብ (Amharic): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “ልብ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticlibb-heart
2Proto-Afroasiaticlib-heart
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lib- →Every word from Proto-Semitic libb- →