Where does “שְׁמָא” come from?

שְׁמָא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- — name.

שְׁמָא (Aramaic): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “שְׁמָא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšim-name
2Proto-Afroasiaticsim-name

Words derived from “שְׁמָא”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šim- →