Where does “श्वा” come from?
श्वा (Hindi) comes from English schwa, from German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא.
श्वा (Hindi): the schwa or its sound
Ancestry of “श्वा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | schwa | An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a"... |
| 2 | German | Schwa | schwa; shva |
| 3 | Hebrew | שְׁוָא | — |