Where does “sin” come from?
sin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hebrew ש, from Proto-Semitic šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sin-.
sin (Serbo-Croatian): son; sin
Ancestry of “sin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | ש | — |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | šinn- | tooth |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | sin- | — |