English
Levin
Levin comes from Russian Левин, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי ‘Levi’.
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEלֵוִי‘Levi’
- RussianmodernЛевинLevin
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Levin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEלֵוִי‘Levi’
- RussianmodernЛевинLevin
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Levin
Earliest quotation: 1939, Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand: “The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin…”
Every English word from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי
Today it means
name A surname from Hebrew.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי / Levin