Where does “ليل” come from?

ليل (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic لَيْل, from Proto-Semitic *laylay- — night.

ليل (South Levantine Arabic): night, nighttime

Definitions

  1. night, nighttime

Ancestry of “ليل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَيْلnighttime
2Proto-Semitic*laylay-night
Every word from Proto-Semitic *laylay- →Every word from Arabic لَيْل →