Where does “Tamar” come from?
Tamar comes from Hebrew תָּמָר, borrowed from Proto-Celtic tamaros, derived from Proto-Indo-European tm̥Hrós, ultimately from the root temH-.
Ancestry of “Tamar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Tamarus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | tamaros | river, waters |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tm̥Hrós | the dark river |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tēmH- | — |