Where does “አብ” come from?

አብ (Ge'ez) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

አብ (Ge'ez): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “አብ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
2Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- →