Where does “baini” come from?

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

baini (Swahili): to understand

Definitions

  1. to understand

Ancestry of “baini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبينbetween; verbal noun of بَانَ   – separation,...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

Words derived from “baini”

Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →