Where does “ܦ” come from?
ܦ (Classical Syriac) comes from Phoenician 𐤐, from Phoenician 𐤐𐤉, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.
ܦ (Classical Syriac): number eighty
Ancestry of “ܦ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Phoenician | 𐤐 | mouth |
| 2 | Phoenician | 𐤐𐤉 | mouth |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |