Where does “耶和華” come from?
耶和華 (Chinese) comes from English Jehovah, from Hebrew יְהֹוָה, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.
Ancestry of “耶和華”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Jehovah | A Jehovah's Witness |
| 2 | Hebrew | יְהֹוָה | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | — |