Where does โ€œShamashโ€ come from?

Shamash (English) comes from Akkadian ๐’€ญ๐’Œ“, from Proto-Semitic ล›amลก- โ€” the Sun.

Shamash (English): The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu

Definitions

  1. The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu

Ancestry of โ€œShamashโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Akkadian๐’€ญ๐’Œ“โ€”
2Proto-Semiticล›amลก-the Sun
Every word from Proto-Semitic ล›amลก- โ†’Every word from Akkadian ๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ โ†’