Where does “תּל” come from?
תּל (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew תל, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.
תּל (Yiddish): ruins; shambles
Ancestry of “תּל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | תל | tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an... |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | tall- | hill |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | tVl- | hill |