English
Shamash
Shamash comes from Akkadian Šamaš, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *śamš- ‘sun’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*śamš-‘sun’reconstructed
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEŠamaš
- EnglishtodayShamash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*śamš-‘sun’reconstructed
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEŠamaš
- EnglishtodayShamash
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *śamš-
Today it means
name The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *śamš- / Shamash