Where does “jud” come from?

jud (English) comes from Hebrew יו״ד, from Proto-Semitic yad- — hand.

jud (English): A mass of coal holed or undercut so as to be...

Definitions

  1. A mass of coal holed or undercut so as to be...

Ancestry of “jud”, step by step

jud traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew יו״ד

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewיו״דyod, yud, yodh
2Proto-Semiticyad-hand

via Proto-Celtic *yutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*yutosporridge
2Proto-Indo-European*yéwHssoup, broth
Every word from Proto-Semitic yad- →Every word from Hebrew יו״ד →
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