Where does “נורא” come from?

נורא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic nūr- — light.

נורא (Aramaic): fire; mirror

Definitions

  1. fire; mirror

Ancestry of “נורא”, step by step

נורא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic nūr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticnūr-light

via Akkadian nāmarum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Akkadiannāmarum

Words derived from “נורא

Every word from Proto-Semitic nūr-