Where does “سيل” come from?
سيل (Arabic) comes from Arabic سَالَ, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
سيل (Arabic): verbal noun of سَالَ; flood, stream, torrent;...
Definitions
- verbal noun of سَالَ; flood, stream, torrent;...
Ancestry of “سيل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | سَالَ | to flow, liquify |
| 2 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |