Where does “אבי” come from?
אבי (Hebrew) comes from Polish aby, from Old Polish aby, from Proto-Slavic *aby.
אבי (Hebrew): father of; my father
Ancestry of “אבי”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | aby | to, in order to, so that |
| 2 | Old Polish | aby | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *aby | — |