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Where does “פּנים” come from?

פּנים (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew פָּנִים, from Proto-Semitic pan-.

פּנים (Yiddish): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “פּנים”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewפָּנִיםface
2Proto-Semiticpan-—

Words derived from “פּנים”

  • punim
  • geinponem
  • ponem
  • פּנימל
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