Where does “ዘደብረ ዘይት” come from?

ዘደብረ ዘይት (Ge'ez) comes from Ge'ez ዘይት, from Aramaic זיתא — olive.

ዘደብረ ዘይት (Ge'ez): name of the fourth Sunday of the fast before Easter

Definitions

  1. name of the fourth Sunday of the fast before Easter

Ancestry of “ዘደብረ ዘይት”, step by step

ዘደብረ ዘይት traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ge'ez ዘይት

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ge'ezዘይትolive tree
2Aramaicזיתאolive

via Ge'ez ደብር

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ge'ezደብርmountain
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