Where does “ሽንት፡ቤት” come from?

ሽንት፡ቤት (Amharic) comes from Amharic ቤት, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.

ሽንት፡ቤት (Amharic): toilet, lavatory

Definitions

  1. toilet, lavatory

Ancestry of “ሽንት፡ቤት”, step by step

ሽንት፡ቤት traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Amharic ቤት

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicቤትhouse
2Proto-Semiticbayt-house

via Amharic ሽንት

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicሽንትpiss, urine
2Proto-Semitic*ṯayn-urine
Every word from Proto-Semitic bayt- →Every word from Amharic ቤት →