Where does “ponem” come from?

ponem (Dutch) comes from Yiddish פּנים, from Hebrew פָּנִים, from Proto-Semitic pan-.

ponem (Dutch): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “ponem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּניםface
2Hebrewפָּנִיםface
3Proto-Semiticpan-—

Words derived from “ponem”

Every word from Proto-Semitic pan- →Every word from Hebrew פָּנִים →Every word from Yiddish פּנים →