Where does “Adis-Abebo” come from?

Adis-Abebo (Esperanto) comes from Amharic አዲስ አበባ, from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

Ancestry of “Adis-Abebo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicአዲስ አበባnew flower
2Amharicአዲስnew
3Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- →Every word from Amharic አዲስ →Every word from Amharic አዲስ አበባ →