Where does “دم” come from?

دم (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic دم, from Proto-Semitic dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic dam- — blood.

دم (Moroccan Arabic): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “دم”, step by step

دم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic دم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدمto coat, to smear; to paint, to daub, to dye, to...
2Proto-Semiticdam-blood
3Proto-Afroasiaticdam-blood

via Arabic دَم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدَمblood

Words derived from “دم”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic dam- →Every word from Proto-Semitic dam- →Every word from Arabic دم →