Where does “sof” come from?

sof (Dutch) comes from Yiddish סוף, from Hebrew סוֹף — end.

sof (Dutch): bummer, disappointment; a nobody, a failure of a...

Definitions

  1. bummer, disappointment; a nobody, a failure of a...

Ancestry of “sof”, step by step

sof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish סוף

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishסוףend
2Hebrewסוֹףend

via Arabic صَافٍ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَافٍpure; clear; pure

Words derived from “sof”

Every word from Hebrew סוֹף →Every word from Yiddish סוף →