Hebrew
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Root
pfuur
to pass, go past, exceed
Semitic ʿ b r aligns with Shona pfuur to pass
- Confidence
- 80/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- HebrewEnglish
The consensus position
English Hebrew comes via Old French and Latin from Greek Hebraios, ultimately from Hebrew ʿivrî built to Proto‑Semitic *ʿ‑b‑r ‘to cross, pass over.’
The working behind this.
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