Where does “עין־הרע” come from?

עין־הרע (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew עין, from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ʕayVn-.

עין־הרע (Yiddish): evil eye

Definitions

  1. evil eye

Ancestry of “עין־הרע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewעיןeye; spring, fountain; Alternative form of עי״ן
2Proto-Semitic*ʕayn-eye
3Proto-Afro-AsiaticʕayVn-—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ʕayVn- →Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn- →Every word from Hebrew עין →