Where does “فرس نهر” come from?

فرس نهر (Arabic) comes from Arabic نَهْر, from Aramaic נהרא, from Proto-Semitic nahar- — river.

فرس نهر (Arabic): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “فرس نهر”, step by step

فرس نهر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic نَهْر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَهْرriver
2Aramaicנהראriver
3Proto-Semiticnahar-river

via Arabic فَرَس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفَرَسhorse, steed

Words derived from “فرس نهر”

Every word from Proto-Semitic nahar- →Every word from Aramaic נהרא →Every word from Arabic نَهْر →