Where does “ልቢ” come from?

ልቢ (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic libb-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lib- — heart.

ልቢ (Tigrinya): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “ልቢ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticlibb-heart
2Proto-Afroasiaticlib-heart
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lib- →Every word from Proto-Semitic libb- →
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