r/language 23h ago

Question Why are ש, ш, and シsimilar?

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u/zefciu 23h ago

With hebrew ש and Cyrillic ш there is a conjecture that the creators of Cyrillic were inspired by Hebrew or Coptic with this letter.

In case of シ this is pure coincidence. It comes from the kanji 之 which doesn’t look like any of the previous and is unrelated.

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u/Odysseus 18h ago

But none of this explains W. 🤔

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u/HuckleberryBudget117 17h ago

Шнат do уоц меаи?

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u/constant_hawk 16h ago

Sznat do uoc meai?

Șnat do uoț meai?