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Where does “תּמוז” come from?

תּמוז (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew תַּמּוּז, from Akkadian [[𒌗]][[𒋗]], from Sumerian 𒌉𒍣 — the true son.

תּמוז (Yiddish): Tammuz

Definitions

  1. Tammuz

Ancestry of “תּמוז”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewתַּמּוּז—
2Akkadian[[𒌗]][[𒋗]]—
3Sumerian𒌉𒍣the true son
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