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

Definitions

  1. son; sin

Ancestry of “sin”, step by step

sin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew ש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewשShin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר and before ת
2Proto-Semiticšinn-tooth
3Proto-Afroasiaticsin-—

via Proto-Slavic synъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsynъson
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsū́ˀnusson
3Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šinn- →Every word from Hebrew ש →