Where does “חוקי” come from?

חוקי (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew חוק, from Hebrew חָקַק — to engrave, to etch; to ingrain, imprint.

חוקי (Hebrew): Legal, lawful: of, pertaining to, or permitted by...

Definitions

  1. Legal, lawful: of, pertaining to, or permitted by...

Ancestry of “חוקי”, step by step

חוקי traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew חוק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewחוקlaw, statute; rule
2Hebrewחָקַקto engrave, to etch; to ingrain, imprint

via Hebrew ־י

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrew־יUsed in adjectives with the meaning “related to”;...
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