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Where does “שם” come from?

שם (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- — name.

שם (Hebrew): a name; a first name; there

Definitions

  1. a name; a first name; there

Ancestry of “שם”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšim-name
2Proto-Afroasiaticsim-name

Words derived from “שם”

  • Semitic
  • Semitism
  • Shem
  • Semite
  • philosemitic
  • Shemite
  • allosemitism
  • Semitist
  • Semiticism
  • Shemitish
  • Semitization
  • Semitology
  • Semitize
  • Proto-Semitic
  • anti-Semiticism
  • Shemitism
  • anti-Semitic
  • prosemite
  • anti-Semitically
  • Semitological
  • Indo-Semitic
  • Hamito-Semitic
  • Sem
  • sémite
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