Where does “雅威” come from?

雅威 (Chinese) comes from English Yahweh, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

雅威 (Chinese): Jehovah; Yahweh; Tetragrammaton; the Lord

Definitions

  1. Jehovah; Yahweh; Tetragrammaton; the Lord

Ancestry of “雅威”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYahwehYHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
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