Where does “ሳሙና” come from?

ሳሙና (Tigrinya) comes from Arabic صابون, from Classical Syriac ܨܦܘܢܐ, from Ancient Greek σάπων — soap.

ሳሙና (Tigrinya): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “ሳሙና”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصابونsoap
2Classical Syriacܨܦܘܢܐsoap
3Ancient Greekσάπωνsoap
Every word from Ancient Greek σάπων →Every word from Classical Syriac ܨܦܘܢܐ →Every word from Arabic صابون →