Where does “آب” come from?

آب (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

آب (South Levantine Arabic): August

Definitions

  1. August

Ancestry of “آب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicآبto return, to come back; to repent; to incur,...
2Classical SyriacܐܒAugust
3Aramaicאבabsolute form of אַבָּא
4AkkadianAbumAbu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August)
5Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
6Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- →Every word from Akkadian Abum →
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