Where does “Nablus” come from?
Nablus comes from Arabic نَابُلُس, from Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς meaning "new city," from πόλις meaning "city" and νέϝος meaning "new," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néwos.
Ancestry of “Nablus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | نابلس | — |
| 2 | Arabic | نَابُلُس | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Νεάπολις | Any one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 5 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 6 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 8 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 10 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |