Where does “ബെത്ലഹേം” come from?

ബെത്ലഹേം (Malayalam) comes from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ, from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ, from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.

ബെത്ലഹേം (Malayalam): Bethlehem

Definitions

  1. Bethlehem

Ancestry of “ബെത്ലഹേം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Syriacܒܝܬ ܠܚܡBethlehem
2Classical Syriacܒܝܬbeth, second letter of the Syriac alphabet;...
3Phoenician𐤁𐤕house
4Proto-Semiticbayt-house
Every word from Proto-Semitic bayt-Every word from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕Every word from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ
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