Where does “ሰማያዊ” come from?

ሰማያዊ (Amharic) comes from Amharic ሰማይ, from Proto-Semitic šamāy- — sky, heaven.

ሰማያዊ (Amharic): blue

Definitions

  1. blue

Ancestry of “ሰማያዊ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicሰማይheaven; sky
2Proto-Semiticšamāy-sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamāy- →Every word from Amharic ሰማይ →