Where does “Iáivé” come from?

Iáivé (Irish) comes from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Iáivé (Irish): Jehovah, Yahweh

Definitions

  1. Jehovah, Yahweh

Ancestry of “Iáivé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway-
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