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נהר: Proto-Semitic → Modern Hebrew · Lexodus

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נהר

From Proto-Semitic *nahar- (“river”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀀𒇉 (nārum) and Arabic نَهْر (nahr). The verb is a denominal and follows from the noun, cf. Arabic نَهَرَ (nahara, “to flow”).

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Wiktionary: נהר (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 3500 BCEProto-Semitic

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c. 3500 BCE
c. 1900

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.