Where does “Yaëlle” come from?

Yaëlle (French) comes from Hebrew יעל, from Proto-Semitic *waʕil- — ibex.

Ancestry of “Yaëlle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewיעלibex
2Proto-Semitic*waʕil-ibex
Every word from Proto-Semitic *waʕil- →Every word from Hebrew יעל →
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