Where does “zumurrudu” come from?

zumurrudu (Hausa) comes from Arabic زُمُرُّد, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

zumurrudu (Hausa): emerald

Definitions

  1. emerald

Ancestry of “zumurrudu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزُمُرُّد—
2Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
3Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq- →