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Where does “ኣቦ” come from?

ኣቦ (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-.

ኣቦ (Tigrinya): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “ኣቦ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
2Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-—
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