Where does “Jeová” come from?

Jeová (Portuguese) comes from Latin Iehova, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Jeová (Portuguese): Jehovah name of God in the Hebrew scriptures

Definitions

  1. Jehovah name of God in the Hebrew scriptures

Ancestry of “Jeová”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinIehovaJehovah
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Latin Iehova →