The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
w1.
DEFINITION:
To stand, stand up, move. 1.mazel tov, schlimazel, from Late Hebrew mazzl good luck, from mazzl, constellation, zodiac, fortune, luck, back-formed singular from plural mazzlôt, signs of the zodiac, from Aramaic, from Akkadian manzaltu, earlier mazzaztum, stand, position, location of a star, from izuzzu, to stand. 2.mezuzah, from Hebrew mzûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah, from *zâz, to move (not attested until Mishnaic Hebrew, but this is probably accidental).
w
l good luck, from mazz
zûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah, from *zâz, to move (not attested until Mishnaic Hebrew, but this is probably accidental).
