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Where does “שׁוּקָא” come from?
שׁוּקָא (Aramaic) comes from Akkadian sūqum, from Akkadian siāqum, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́yḳ-.
Ancestry of “שׁוּקָא”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Akkadian
sūqum
street
2
Akkadian
siāqum
to be(come) narrow
3
Proto-Semitic
*ṣ́yḳ-
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Words derived from “שׁוּקָא”
سوق
شوق
sevkiyat
syok
şevk
ssuq
ssuq
sûk
sok
asuqqi
syok
sok suci
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