Where does “תל” come from?

תל (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

תל (Hebrew): tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an...

Definitions

  1. tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an...

Ancestry of “תל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitictall-hill
2Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill

Words derived from “תל”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →
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