Where does “فرس النهر” come from?

فرس النهر (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic فرس نهر, from Arabic نَهْر, from Aramaic נהרא, from Proto-Semitic nahar- — river.

فرس النهر (Hijazi Arabic): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “فرس النهر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفرس نهرhippopotamus
2Arabicنَهْرriver
3Aramaicנהראriver
4Proto-Semiticnahar-river
Every word from Proto-Semitic nahar- →Every word from Aramaic נהרא →Every word from Arabic نَهْر →