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Where does “Mátthêu” come from?

Mátthêu (Vietnamese) comes from Portuguese Mateus, from Old Portuguese Mateus, from Latin matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.

Ancestry of “Mátthêu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMateus—
2Old PortugueseMateus—
3Latinmatthaeus—
4Ancient GreekΜατθαῖος—
5Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—
6HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
7Proto-Semitic*haway-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →