Where does “ליל” come from?
ליל (Hebrew) comes from French Lille, from Old French l'Isle, from Old French la, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ליל (Hebrew): night
Definitions
- night
Ancestry of “ליל”, step by step
ליל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Lille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Lille | — |
| 2 | Old French | l'Isle | the Island |
| 3 | Old French | la | the; it |
| 4 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Proto-Semitic layl-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | layl- | night |