Where does “לבן” come from?

לבן (Hebrew) comes from Proto-West Semitic laban- — white.

לבן (Hebrew): white; defective spelling of ליבן

Definitions

  1. white; defective spelling of ליבן

Ancestry of “לבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semiticlaban-white
Every word from Proto-West Semitic laban-