Where does “אבא” come from?

אבא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

אבא (Aramaic): father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief,...

Definitions

  1. father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief,...

Ancestry of “אבא”, step by step

אבא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ʔabw-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
2Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father

via Proto-Semitic ʾab-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʾab-father

Words derived from “אבא”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- →
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