yd / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root yd: Betelgeuse, iota, yad, yodh.

yd

Common Semitic noun *yad-, hand.

1.
a. iota, jot, from Greek iōta, iota;;
b. yodh, from Hebrew yōd, yodh. Both a and b from Phoenician *yōd, hand, tenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet..
2. yad, from Hebrew yād, hand.
3. Betelgeuse, ultimately from Arabic yad al-jawzāʔ, hand of Gemini, from yad, hand.

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