Where does “a-Schwa” come from?

a-Schwa (German) comes from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.

a-Schwa (German): a-schwa [ɐ]

Definitions

  1. a-schwa [ɐ]

Ancestry of “a-Schwa”, step by step

a-Schwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
2Germana-MollA-minor
3Hungarianathe; this; that
4Frenchàto; on the, to; at
5Englishavieemulously
6Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
7Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
8Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
9LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via German Schwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwaschwa; shva
2Hebrewשְׁוָא
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én