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Where does “Витлејем” come from?

Витлејем (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Byzantine Greek Βηθλεέμ, from Hebrew בּית לחם.

Ancestry of “Витлејем”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine GreekΒηθλεέμ—
2Hebrewבּית לחם—
Every word from Hebrew בּית לחם →