English
Shehu
Shehu comes from Albanian sheh ‘head of a Moslem religious group, sheik’, and goes back to Arabic شَيْخ ‘old man’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَيْخ‘old man’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شیخşeyh‘head of a religious order’
- Albanianmodernsheh‘head of a Moslem religious group, sheik’
- Albanian, derivedmodernShehu
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَيْخ‘old man’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شیخşeyh‘head of a religious order’
- Albanianmodernsheh‘head of a Moslem religious group, sheik’
- Albanian, derivedmodernShehu
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Arabic شَيْخ
Today it means
name A surname from Albanian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شَيْخ / Shehu