Where does “teba” come from?

teba (Dutch) comes from Hebrew תיבה, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

teba (Dutch): bima in a Sephardic synagogue

Definitions

  1. bima in a Sephardic synagogue

Ancestry of “teba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewתיבהbox; Noah's ark; casket, coffin
2Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt →