Where does “Jeremi” come from?

Jeremi (Haitian Creole) comes from French Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה, from Hebrew ־יהו, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Ancestry of “Jeremi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchJérémieJeremiah prophet
2LatinIeremias
3HebrewירמיהJeremiah; Yahweh exalt
4Hebrew־יהוA theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in...
5HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
6Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway-
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