Where does “pe” come from?
Pe is a Hebrew letter name derived from Proto-Semitic pay-, originally meaning "mouth," which gave the letter its distinctive form resembling an open mouth.
pe (English): The seventeenth letter of many Semitic...
Definitions
- The seventeenth letter of many Semitic...
Ancestry of “pe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | פֵּא | — |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |