ḥyw / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ḥyw: Ea, Eve.

ḥyw

To live. Common Semitic adjective *ḥayy-, alive, living.

1. Eve, from Late Latin Ēva, from Hebrew ḥawwâ, living, life, from ḥāyâ, to live.
2. Ea, from Akkadian Ea, from Old Akkadian *ḥayy-, living.

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