Where does “Yavé” come from?

Yavé (Spanish) comes from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Yavé (Spanish): Yahweh

Definitions

  1. Yahweh

Ancestry of “Yavé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway-