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Where does “איל” come from?

איל (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic אילא, from Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal-.

איל (Hebrew): a ram, male sheep; defective spelling of אייל;...

Definitions

  1. a ram, male sheep; defective spelling of אייל;...

Ancestry of “איל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicאילאstag, hart
2Proto-Semitic*ʔayyal-—
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