Where does β€œalef” come from?

alef (Finnish) comes from Phoenician 𐀀𐀋𐀐, from Proto-Semitic *Κ”alp- β€” thousand.

alef (Finnish): aleph

Definitions

  1. aleph

Ancestry of β€œalef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phoenician𐀀𐀋𐀐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
2Proto-Semitic*Κ”alp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *Κ”alp- β†’Every word from Phoenician 𐀀𐀋𐀐 β†’
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