Where does “بالزهر” come from?

بالزهر (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Moroccan Arabic زهر, from Arabic زَهْر, from Ancient Greek τέσσερα, from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ, from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες, from Proto-Hellenic kʷétwores, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

بالزهر (Moroccan Arabic): by chance

Definitions

  1. by chance

Ancestry of “بالزهر”, step by step

بالزهر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Moroccan Arabic زهر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moroccan Arabicزهرluck
2Arabicزَهْرcube, die; dice; the dice
3Ancient Greekτέσσεραfour
4Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρᾰfour
5Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρεςfour
6Proto-Hellenickʷétworescardinal...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Moroccan Arabic ب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moroccan Arabicب—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Hellenic kʷétwores →