Etymograph

English

teth

Teth comes from Hebrew טי״ת ‘wheel’.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentטי״ת1ṭēthas טֵית‘wheel’
  2. Englishtodayteth1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English teth

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentטי״תWiktionary, English tethṭēthas טֵית‘wheel’
  2. EnglishtodaytethWiktionary, English teth

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