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Where does “אות” come from?

אות (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew אות, from Proto-Semitic awayat-.

אות (Yiddish): letter

Definitions

  1. letter

Ancestry of “אות”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewאותA sign, an omen; A signal, a cue; letter
2Proto-Semiticawayat-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic awayat- →