Where does “لحم” come from?

لحم (Arabic) comes from Semitic *laḥm-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic laḥam-.

لحم (Arabic): flesh, meat; to knit together, to close up; to...

Definitions

  1. flesh, meat; to knit together, to close up; to...

Ancestry of “لحم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Semitic*laḥm-—
2Proto-Afro-Asiaticlaḥam-—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic laḥam- →Every word from Semitic *laḥm- →