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Where does “chaldeen” come from?
chaldeen (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin Chaldaeus, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος, from Akkadian 𒅗𒀠𒌅.
Ancestry of “chaldeen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
Chaldaeus
Chaldean, of or pertaining to the Chaldean/Assyrian/Syriac people
2
Ancient Greek
Χαλδαῖος
a Chaldean
3
Akkadian
𒅗𒀠𒌅
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Words derived from “chaldeen”
Chaldeeër
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