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
Ancestry of “לישאנא”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Aramaic | לִשָּׁנָא | — |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | lišān- | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | lis- | tongue |