Where does “ařef” come from?

ařef (Tarifit) comes from Arabic ألف, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

ařef (Tarifit): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “ařef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicألفName of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet;...
2Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
3Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →Every word from Arabic ألف →