Where does “schwa” come from?

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

schwa (Italian): schwa mid-central vowel

Definitions

  1. schwa mid-central vowel

Ancestry of “schwa”, step by step

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