Where does “ܬܠܐ” come from?
ܬܠܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Aramaic תלא, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.
ܬܠܐ (Classical Syriac): hill; tell, mound, pile, earthwork, embankment;...
Definitions
- hill; tell, mound, pile, earthwork, embankment;...
Ancestry of “ܬܠܐ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aramaic | תלא | hill; tell, mound, pile; ruins |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | tall- | hill |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | tVl- | hill |