Where does “מיכיהו” come from?

מיכיהו (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ־יהו, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Ancestry of “מיכיהו”, step by step

מיכיהו traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew ־יהו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrew־יהוA theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in...
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Hebrew מִי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמִיwho

via Hebrew כַּ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּ־like
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway-