Where does “אוכלוסין” come from?
אוכלוסין (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic אוכלוסין, from Ancient Greek ὄχλος, from Proto-Indo-European woǵʰlos, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.
אוכלוסין (Hebrew): population
Ancestry of “אוכלוסין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aramaic | אוכלוסין | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄχλος | multitude, crowd, mob; mass, multitude; riot,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵʰlos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |