Where does “ስም” come from?

ስም (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- — name.

ስም (Tigrinya): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “ስም”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšim-name
2Proto-Afroasiaticsim-name
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sim- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šim- →
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