Where does “አዲስ አበባ” come from?

አዲስ አበባ (Amharic) comes from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

አዲስ አበባ (Amharic): new flower

Definitions

  1. new flower

Ancestry of “አዲስ አበባ”, step by step

አዲስ አበባ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Amharic አዲስ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicአዲስnew
2Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new

via Amharic አበባ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicአበባflower

Words derived from “አዲስ አበባ”

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