Where does “תל חרשא” come from?

תל חרשא (Aramaic) comes from Aramaic תלא, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

תל חרשא (Aramaic): Tel Harsa or Tel Haresha, a town in Babylon

Definitions

  1. Tel Harsa or Tel Haresha, a town in Babylon

Ancestry of “תל חרשא”, step by step

תל חרשא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aramaic תלא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicתלאhill; tell, mound, pile; ruins
2Proto-Semitictall-hill
3Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill

via Aramaic חַרְשָׁא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicחַרְשָׁא—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Aramaic תלא →