Words that come from Proto-Semitic “ʿayn-”

111 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- — including loco, ayin, locoed, locoweed, locoism, شيخ, شاخ, ي.

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Arabic (62)

Spanish (10)

English (8)

Maltese (5)

Hijazi Arabic (3)

Phoenician (2)

Classical Syriac (2)

Malay (2)

Persian (2)

Tagalog (1)

Hebrew (1)

Aramaic (1)

Akkadian (1)

Eblaite (1)

Amharic (1)

Ugaritic (1)

Tigrinya (1)

Egyptian Arabic (1)

Somali (1)

Cahuilla (1)

Yiddish (1)

Urdu (1)

Andalusian Arabic (1)

Hindi (1)