Where does “ጮማ” come from?

ጮማ (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic *šamn- — fat (foodstuff).

ጮማ (Amharic): Fat, fatty meat

Definitions

  1. Fat, fatty meat

Ancestry of “ጮማ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*šamn-fat (foodstuff)
Every word from Proto-Semitic *šamn-