Where does “אב” come from?
אב (Aramaic) comes from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-.
אב (Aramaic): absolute form of אַבָּא
Ancestry of “אב”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Akkadian | Abum | — |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | — |