Where does “ስኒ” come from?

ስኒ (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic šinn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sin-.

ስኒ (Tigrinya): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “ስኒ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticšinn-tooth
2Proto-Afroasiaticsin-—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic sin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic šinn- →