Where does “יְהֹוָה” come from?

יְהֹוָה (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.

Ancestry of “יְהֹוָה”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	יהוה	YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2	Proto-Semitic	*haway-	—

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