Where does “آب و هوا” come from?
آب و هوا (Persian) comes from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-.
آب و هوا (Persian): climate; weather
Ancestry of “آب و هوا”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 2 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | — |
| 4 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 5 | Akkadian | Abum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 7 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | — |
Words derived from “آب و هوا”