Where does “Ab” come from?

Ab (Irish) comes from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς, from Ancient Greek ἀββα, from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

Ab (Irish): Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar

Definitions

  1. Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar

Ancestry of “Ab”, step by step

Ab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin abbās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabbāsan abbot
2Ancient GreekἀββᾶςAlternative form of ἀββα; father
3Ancient Greekἀββαfather; title of respect given to abbots
4Aramaicאבאfather, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief,...
5Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
6Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father

via Hebrew אָב

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאָבchief; father; father; ancestor, forefather
2Akkadian𒉈Ab, fifth month of the year; fire
3Sumerian𒉈to bring, carry; to burn; fire

Words derived from “Ab

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-Every word from Aramaic אבא
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