Where does “אבא” come from?

אבא (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic אַבָּא, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

אבא (Hebrew): Dad, daddy; Father, especially the speaker's own...

Definitions

  1. Dad, daddy; Father, especially the speaker's own...

Ancestry of “אבא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicאַבָּאfather
2Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
3Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-Every word from Aramaic אַבָּא