Where does “mişmiş” come from?

mişmiş (Northern Kurdish) comes from Arabic مشمش, from Arabic ش, from Proto-Semitic šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sin-.

mişmiş (Northern Kurdish): apricot

Definitions

  1. apricot

Ancestry of “mişmiş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمشمشapricots fruit, apricot collectively
2Arabicشش; ر
3Proto-Semiticšinn-tooth
4Proto-Afroasiaticsin-—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šinn- →Every word from Arabic ش →