Where does “לשון־נקבֿה” come from?

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

לשון־נקבֿה (Yiddish): feminine gender

Definitions

  1. feminine gender

Ancestry of “לשון־נקבֿה”, step by step

לשון־נקבֿה 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 Yiddish נקבֿה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנקבֿהfemale
2Hebrewנְקֵבָהfemale
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- →Every word from Proto-Semitic lišān- →Every word from Hebrew לשון →