Where does “לשון־זכר” come from?

לשון־זכר (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לשון, from Hebrew לשון, from Proto-Semitic lišān-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- — tongue.

לשון־זכר (Yiddish): masculine gender

Definitions

  1. masculine gender

Ancestry of “לשון־זכר”, step by step

לשון־זכר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish לשון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלשוןlanguage
2Hebrewלשוןa tongue; a language
3Proto-Semiticlišān-tongue; language
4Proto-Afroasiaticlis-tongue

via Hebrew זכר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewזכרman, male; masculine; remembrance, remain,...
2Proto-Semitic*ḏikar-man, male
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- →Every word from Proto-Semitic lišān- →Every word from Hebrew לשון →