Where does “श्वा” come from?

श्वा (Hindi) comes from English schwa, from German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא.

श्वा (Hindi): the schwa or its sound

Definitions

  1. the schwa or its sound

Ancestry of “श्वा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishschwaAn indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a"...
2GermanSchwaschwa; shva
3Hebrewשְׁוָא—
Every word from Hebrew שְׁוָא →Every word from German Schwa →Every word from English schwa →