Where does “أخ” come from?

أخ (Arabic) comes from Arabic أَخ — brother; my brother.

أخ (Arabic): brother

Definitions

  1. brother

Ancestry of “أخ”, step by step

أخ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic أَخ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَخbrother; my brother

via Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʔaḫw-brother
Every word from Arabic أَخ