Where does “אלף” come from?

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

אלף (Yiddish): ' Unpointed form of אַלף

Definitions

  1. ' Unpointed form of אַלף

Ancestry of “אלף”, step by step

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