Is there any connection between the word Abraham and the Vedic word Bramhaa?

by kbxads

I don't want to read the results Google is showing up. This subreddit seems like a more reliable source, but for the same reason it also is likely to be a a place for misinformation (sorry but the Internet has made me a bg time cynic, both information and misinformation are readily available and look credible at first) so please consider that in your answer. But anyway, better to believe Reddit than other places.

SirVentricle

Assuming you mean Brahma: etymologically speaking, no. The Vedic (Sanskrit) word is Indo-European, while the Hebrew word is Afro-Asiatic. Rule of thumb in these kinds of situations, unless you can make a really strong case for derivation, is that similar words in different language families are coincidental.

kbxads

Thank you all for providing answers. I will continue to read your comments with interest.

pluutoni

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