Where does “أب” come from?

أب (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

أب (Arabic): father; ancestor, forefather; second-person...

Definitions

  1. father; ancestor, forefather; second-person...

Ancestry of “أب”, step by step

أب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ʔabw-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
2Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father

via Arabic أَب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَبfather

Words derived from “أب”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- →