Where does “בן־תּורה” come from?

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

בן־תּורה (Yiddish): Torah scholar

Definitions

  1. Torah scholar

Ancestry of “בן־תּורה”, step by step

בן־תּורה 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 Yiddish תּורה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishתּורהTorah
2Hebrewתּוֹרָהinstruction, law, teaching; Torah; instruction,...
Every word from Proto-Semitic bin- →Every word from Hebrew בן →