Where does “Shih” come from?

Shih (English) comes from Arabic صحيح, from Classical Persian صحیح, from Arabic صَحِيح — true; right, correct; genuine; sound, healthy.

Shih (English): of Chinese origin

Definitions

  1. of Chinese origin

Ancestry of “Shih”, step by step

Shih traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic صحيح

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصحيحcomplete, perfect, whole; sound, healthy; correct
2Classical Persianصحیح—
3Arabicصَحِيحtrue; right, correct; genuine; sound, healthy

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ni-s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ni-sseven

via Proto-Athabaskan *šiˑ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*šiˑFirst-person singular pronoun; I, me

Words derived from “Shih”

Every word from Arabic صَحِيح →Every word from Classical Persian صحیح →Every word from Arabic صحيح →