Where does “تنين وعشرين” come from?

تنين وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic اثنان وعشرون, from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

تنين وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic): twenty-two

Definitions

  1. twenty-two

Ancestry of “تنين وعشرين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاثنان وعشرونtwenty-two
2Arabicوَand
3Semitic*wa—
Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →Every word from Arabic اثنان وعشرون →