ḏwḏ / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ḏwḏ: mazel tov, mezuzah, zuz.

ḏwḏ1

To stand, stand up, move.

1. mazel tov, schlimazel, from Late Hebrew mazzāl, good luck, from mazzāl, constellation, zodiac, fortune, luck, back-formed singular from plural mazzālôt, signs of the zodiac, from Aramaic, from Akkadian manzaltu, earlier mazzaztum, stand, position, location of a star, from izuzzu, to stand.
2. mezuzah, from Hebrew məzûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah, from *zâz, to move (not attested until Mishnaic Hebrew, but this is probably accidental).

ḏwḏ2

To divide.

zuz, from Mishnaic Hebrew zûz, zuz, from Aramaic zuzā, from Akkadian zūzu, a unit of weight (< "half, division") from zâzu, to divide.

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