Words that come from Proto-Semitic “šim-”

66 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Semitic šim- — including Semitic, Semitism, Shem, Semite, philosemitic, Shemite, allosemitism, Semitist.

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English (22)

Arabic (3)

Turkish (3)

Hebrew (2)

Bashkir (2)

French (2)

Malay (2)

Swahili (2)

Cypriot Arabic (1)

Turkmen (1)

Yiddish (1)

Aramaic (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Akkadian (1)

Phoenician (1)

Amharic (1)

Ge'ez (1)

Tigre (1)

Tigrinya (1)

Ugaritic (1)

Maltese (1)

Tatar (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Judeo-Arabic (1)

Argobba (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Tajik (1)

Uzbek (1)

Hijazi Arabic (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Persian (1)

Tunisian Arabic (1)

Latin (1)

German (1)

Czech (1)

Late Latin (1)