Where does “ברך” come from?

ברך (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic birk- — knee.

ברך (Hebrew): knee; lap; defective spelling of בירך

Definitions

  1. knee; lap; defective spelling of בירך

Ancestry of “ברך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticbirk-knee
Every word from Proto-Semitic birk-
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