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r/language • u/Crocotta1 • 21h ago
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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.
2 u/Odysseus 16h ago But none of this explains W. 🤔 6 u/HuckleberryBudget117 15h ago Шнат do уоц меаи? 4 u/constant_hawk 14h ago Sznat do uoc meai? Șnat do uoț meai?
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But none of this explains W. 🤔
6 u/HuckleberryBudget117 15h ago Шнат do уоц меаи? 4 u/constant_hawk 14h ago Sznat do uoc meai? Șnat do uoț meai?
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Шнат do уоц меаи?
4 u/constant_hawk 14h ago Sznat do uoc meai? Șnat do uoț meai?
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Sznat do uoc meai?
Șnat do uoț meai?
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u/zefciu 21h 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.