Where does “av beit din” come from?
av beit din (English) comes from Hebrew אָב בֵּית דִּין, from Hebrew בית דין, from Hebrew בית, from English byte, from English bite, from Middle English biten, from Old English betēon, from Old English tēon — to pull, to draw; to lead.
av beit din (English): The vice-president of a Jewish Sanhedrin or...
Definitions
- The vice-president of a Jewish Sanhedrin or...
Ancestry of “av beit din”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | אָב בֵּית דִּין | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | בית דין | tribunal, court; beth din, Jewish rabbinical... |
| 3 | Hebrew | בית | house; stanza; Temple |
| 4 | English | byte | A short sequence of bits that can be operated on... |
| 5 | English | bite | To cut into something by clamping the teeth; To... |
| 6 | Middle English | biten | to bite |
| 7 | Old English | betēon | to cover, surround, enclose; to cover, surround,... |
| 8 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 9 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |