Where does “ش” come from?

ش (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic ش, from Proto-Semitic šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sin-.

ش (Egyptian Arabic): Negates a verb

Definitions

  1. Negates a verb

Ancestry of “ش”, step by step

ش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشش; ر
2Proto-Semiticšinn-tooth
3Proto-Afroasiaticsin-—

via Arabic شَيْء

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْءthing; thing, object; thing, a thing, something
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šinn- →Every word from Arabic ش →