English
teth
Teth comes from Hebrew טי״ת ‘wheel’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English teth
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentטי״תWiktionary, English tethṭēthas טֵית‘wheel’
- EnglishtodaytethWiktionary, English teth
Every English word from Hebrew טי״ת
Today it means
noun The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “teth”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Hebrew טי״ת / teth