Where does “קרא” come from?

קרא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic *ḳaraʔ- — to call, to invite.

קרא (Aramaic): to call

Definitions

  1. to call

Ancestry of “קרא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ḳaraʔ-to call, to invite
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḳaraʔ-