Where does “אל״ף” come from?

אל״ף (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew אלף, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

אל״ף (Hebrew): aleph, alef

Definitions

  1. aleph, alef

Ancestry of “אל״ף”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאלףthousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
2Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Hebrew אלף →