Where does “ובכן” come from?
ובכן (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ו־, from Proto-Semitic wa — conjunction particle.
ובכן (Hebrew): well, then, in that case
Ancestry of “ובכן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | ו־ | and |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | wa | conjunction particle |