Where does “bejjen” come from?

bejjen (Maltese) comes from Arabic بين, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

bejjen (Maltese): to interpose

Definitions

  1. to interpose

Ancestry of “bejjen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبينbetween; verbal noun of بَانَ   – separation,...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →