Where does “ʿayn-” come from?

ʿayn- (Proto-Semitic) comes from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

ʿayn- (Proto-Semitic): eye

Definitions

eye

Ancestry of “ʿayn-”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	עַיִן	eye

Words derived from “ʿayn-”

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