Where does “חדש” come from?

חדש (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew חדש, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

חדש (Yiddish): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “חדש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewחדשnew, recently made
2Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- →Every word from Hebrew חדש →
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