etymology:
Proto-Semitic *yad- (cf. Heb. yād) with gender changed, and with stem vowel restored by analogy with dual/plural *yǝdim
attestation:
yd, borrowed (as letter name) as Gk. ιώτα, Heb. yōd; du. <iadem> = *yod, du. *yădem
pl. idim, cstr. yəd, cstr. pl. ide
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