Where does “לישאנא” come from?

לישאנא (Lishana Deni) comes from Aramaic לִשָּׁנָא, from Proto-Semitic lišān-, from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- — tongue.

לישאנא (Lishana Deni): tongue; language; speech

Definitions

  1. tongue; language; speech

Ancestry of “לישאנא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicלִשָּׁנָא—
2Proto-Semiticlišān-tongue; language
3Proto-Afroasiaticlis-tongue
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic lis- →Every word from Proto-Semitic lišān- →Every word from Aramaic לִשָּׁנָא →