Where does “ስም” come from?

ስም (Ge'ez) comes from Proto-Semitic šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- — name.

ስም (Ge'ez): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “ስም”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšim-name
2Proto-Afroasiaticsim-name
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šim- →