Where does “sham” come from?
sham (Karakalpak) comes from Arabic شمع, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
sham (Karakalpak): candle
Ancestry of “sham”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | شمع | wax; candles; a thing one lights, a torch,... |
| 2 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |