Where does “telefona bêtêl” come from?

telefona bêtêl (Northern Kurdish) comes from Kurdish têl, from Ottoman Turkish تل, from Arabic تَلّ, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

telefona bêtêl (Northern Kurdish): mobile phone

Definitions

  1. mobile phone

Ancestry of “telefona bêtêl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kurdishtêlwire
2Ottoman Turkishتلfiber; hair; thread
3Arabicتَلّhillock; hill, elevation
4Proto-Semitictall-hill
5Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Arabic تَلّ →
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