Where does “תּל” come from?

תּל (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew תל, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

תּל (Yiddish): ruins; shambles

Definitions

  1. ruins; shambles

Ancestry of “תּל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewתלtell, man-made hill covering the remains of an...
2Proto-Semitictall-hill
3Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Hebrew תל →