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
- tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an...
Ancestry of “תל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Semitic | tall- | hill |
| 2 | Proto-Afroasiatic | tVl- | hill |