Where does “נמר” come from?
נמר (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic namir-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic mary-.
נמר (Hebrew): leopard; tiger
Ancestry of “נמר”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | namir- | leopard |
| 2 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | mary- | — |