Where does “Addis” come from?

Addis (Finnish) comes from Finnish Addis Abeba, from Amharic አዲስ አበባ, from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

Ancestry of “Addis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAddis Abeba—
2Amharicአዲስ አበባnew flower
3Amharicአዲስnew
4Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- →Every word from Amharic አዲስ →Every word from Amharic አዲስ አበባ →