Where does “ܠܚܡܐ” come from?

ܠܚܡܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Aramaic לחמא, from Semitic *laḥm-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic laḥam-.

ܠܚܡܐ (Classical Syriac): bread; loaf, cake; meal

Definitions

  1. bread; loaf, cake; meal

Ancestry of “ܠܚܡܐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicלחמאbread
2Semitic*laḥm-—
3Proto-Afro-Asiaticlaḥam-—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic laḥam- →Every word from Semitic *laḥm- →Every word from Aramaic לחמא →