Where does “מתתיהו” come from?

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

Ancestry of “מתתיהו”, step by step

מתתיהו traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew יהוה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Hebrew מַתָּנַת

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמַתָּנַת

Words derived from “מתתיהו

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway-
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