Where does “תמנון” come from?

תמנון (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew נון, from Aramaic נונא, from Akkadian nūnum — fish.

תמנון (Hebrew): An octopus: any mollusc of the order Octopoda

Definitions

  1. An octopus: any mollusc of the order Octopoda

Ancestry of “תמנון”, step by step

תמנון traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew נון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewנוןfish, found mostly in compounds to form names of...
2Aramaicנונאfish
3Akkadiannūnumfish

via Hebrew arc:תְּמַנְיָא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewarc:תְּמַנְיָא—
Every word from Akkadian nūnum →Every word from Aramaic נונא →Every word from Hebrew נון →