Where does “يهوه” come from?

يهوه (Arabic) comes from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

يهوه (Arabic): Yahweh / Jehovah

Definitions

  1. Yahweh / Jehovah

Ancestry of “يهوه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
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