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Where does “חלף” come from?
חלף (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew חלף, from Proto-Semitic ḫalap- — to go beyond, to transgress.
Ancestry of “חלף”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hebrew
חלף
to pass; to move past, to pass through, to pass...
2
Proto-Semitic
ḫalap-
to go beyond, to transgress
Words derived from “חלף”
chalaf
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