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Where does “يوم” come from?

يوم (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic yawm-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yam- — day.

يوم (Arabic): day, period from sunrise to sunset or Long period...

Definitions

  1. day, period from sunrise to sunset or Long period...

Ancestry of “يوم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticyawm-day
2Proto-Afroasiaticyam-day
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yam- →