English
kaph
Kaph comes from Proto-Semitic *kapp- ‘palm, hand’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*kapp-‘palm, hand’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentכָּףkaf
- Englishtodaykaph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*kapp-‘palm, hand’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentכָּףkaf
- Englishtodaykaph
Linked words
through Proto-Semitic *kapp- ‘palm, hand’
Today it means
noun The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *kapp- / kaph