Where does “ܫܘܐ” come from?

ܫܘܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) comes from English schwa, from German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא.

ܫܘܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic): to be equal

Definitions

  1. to be equal

Ancestry of “ܫܘܐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishschwaAn indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a"...
2GermanSchwaschwa; shva
3Hebrewשְׁוָא—
Every word from Hebrew שְׁוָא →