Where does “ardhi” come from?

ardhi (Swahili) comes from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.

ardhi (Swahili): land; earth

Definitions

  1. land; earth

Ancestry of “ardhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْضearth; ground, soil
2Proto-Semiticʾarṣ́-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́- →Every word from Arabic أَرْض →
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