Where does “ל־” come from?

ל־ (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

ל־ (Aramaic): to, for

Definitions

  1. to, for

Ancestry of “ל־”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV-