Where does “ajin” come from?

ajin (Finnish) comes from Phoenician 𐤏𐤉𐤍, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

ajin (Finnish): ayin sixteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad

Definitions

  1. ayin sixteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad

Ancestry of “ajin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phoenician𐤏𐤉𐤍eye
2Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
3Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤏𐤉𐤍 →
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