Where does “בן־עיר” come from?

בן־עיר (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew בן, from Proto-Semitic bin- — son.

בן־עיר (Yiddish): townsman someone from the same town or city

Definitions

  1. townsman someone from the same town or city

Ancestry of “בן־עיר”, step by step

בן־עיר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew בן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewבןA son; A direct male descendant; A guy, a boy
2Proto-Semiticbin-son

via Hebrew עיר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewעירA city; A donkey foal
2Proto-West Semiticʕayr-ass, donkey
Every word from Proto-Semitic bin- →Every word from Hebrew בן →