Where does “serdab” come from?
serdab (English) comes from Arabic سرداب, from Persian سرداب, from Persian سردابه, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum — father.
serdab (English): A sealed chamber in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that...
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- A sealed chamber in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that...
Ancestry of “serdab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | سرداب | basement |
| 2 | Persian | سرداب | basement |
| 3 | Persian | سردابه | — |
| 4 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 5 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 6 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 7 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 8 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 9 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 10 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |