Where does “דם” come from?

דם (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic dam- — blood.

דם (Hebrew): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “דם”, step by step

דם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic dam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticdam-blood
2Proto-Afroasiaticdam-blood

via Hebrew דָּם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewדָּםblood

Words derived from “דם”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic dam- →Every word from Proto-Semitic dam- →