Where does “לעולמים” come from?

לעולמים (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ל־, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

לעולמים (Hebrew): forever

Definitions

  1. forever

Ancestry of “לעולמים”, step by step

לעולמים traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew ל־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewל־To; To, for; Of
2Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

via Hebrew עולם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewעולםworld: Earth, globe; world: the states and...
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