Where does “אָב בֵּית דִּין” come from?
אָב בֵּית דִּין (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew בית דין, from Hebrew בית, from English byte, from English bite, from Middle English biten, from Old English betēon, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan — to pull, to draw; to lead.
Ancestry of “אָב בֵּית דִּין”, step by step
אָב בֵּית דִּין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hebrew בית דין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | בית דין | tribunal, court; beth din, Jewish rabbinical... |
| 2 | Hebrew | בית | house; stanza; Temple |
| 3 | English | byte | A short sequence of bits that can be operated on... |
| 4 | English | bite | To cut into something by clamping the teeth; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | biten | to bite |
| 6 | Old English | betēon | to cover, surround, enclose; to cover, surround,... |
| 7 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 8 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |