Where does “אלף” come from?
אלף (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.
אלף (Hebrew): thousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
Definitions
- thousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
Ancestry of “אלף”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔalp- | thousand |