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Where does “לִשָּׁנָא” come from?
לִשָּׁנָא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic lišān-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- — tongue.
Ancestry of “לִשָּׁנָא”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Semitic
lišān-
tongue; language
2
Proto-Afroasiatic
lis-
tongue
Words derived from “לִשָּׁנָא”
ܠܫܢܐ
לישאנא
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