Where does “עינא” come from?

עינא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ʕayVn-.

עינא (Aramaic): eye; sight; eye, hole, opening; fountain, spring

Definitions

  1. eye; sight; eye, hole, opening; fountain, spring

Ancestry of “עינא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʕayn-eye
2Proto-Afro-AsiaticʕayVn-—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ʕayVn- →Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn- →