Where does “تمانية وعشرين” come from?

تمانية وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic ثمانية وعشرون, from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

تمانية وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic): twenty-eight

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight

Ancestry of “تمانية وعشرين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثمانية وعشرونtwenty-eight
2Arabicوَand
3Semitic*wa—
Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →Every word from Arabic ثمانية وعشرون →