Where does “อาดดิสอาบาบา” come from?

อาดดิสอาบาบา (Thai) comes from English Addis Ababa, from Amharic አዲስ አበባ, from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

Ancestry of “อาดดิสอาบาบา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAddis Ababa
2Amharicአዲስ አበባnew flower
3Amharicአዲስnew
4Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-Every word from Amharic አዲስEvery word from Amharic አዲስ አበባ