Where does “אַלפֿאַבעט” come from?

אַלפֿאַבעט (Yiddish) comes from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

אַלפֿאַבעט (Yiddish): alphabet

Definitions

  1. alphabet

Ancestry of “אַלפֿאַבעט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀλφάβητοςalphabet
2Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
3Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
4Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand

Words derived from “אַלפֿאַבעט”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →Every word from Ancient Greek ἄλφα →