Where does “حيوان” come from?

حيوان (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic حيوان, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

حيوان (South Levantine Arabic): animal, creature

Definitions

  1. animal, creature

Ancestry of “حيوان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحيوانanimal, beast; animals, living creatures; long,...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →