Where does “እጅ” come from?

እጅ (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic yad- — hand.

እጅ (Amharic): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “እጅ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticyad-hand
Every word from Proto-Semitic yad-
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