Where does “ש” come from?

ש (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sin-.

ש (Hebrew): Shin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר and before ת

Definitions

  1. Shin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר and before ת

Ancestry of “ש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšinn-tooth
2Proto-Afroasiaticsin-—

Words derived from “ש”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šinn- →