Where does “אי־ודאות” come from?

אי־ודאות (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew אי, from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- — Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc.

אי־ודאות (Hebrew): Uncertainty: a lack of certainty

Definitions

  1. Uncertainty: a lack of certainty

Ancestry of “אי־ודאות”, step by step

אי־ודאות traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew אי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewאיAn island; Egyptian jackal; not
2Proto-Semitic*ʔayy-Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc

via Hebrew וַדָּאוּת

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewוַדָּאוּת—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- →Every word from Hebrew אי →