Where does “aleff” come from?

aleff (Welsh) comes from Hebrew אלף, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

aleff (Welsh): The letter aleph

Definitions

  1. The letter aleph

Ancestry of “aleff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאלףthousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
2Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Hebrew אלף →
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