Heaven
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Root
hameno
interjection meaning I do not know; let it be so
Heaven from Shona hameno on h m n frame
- Confidence
- 47/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- heavenEnglish
The consensus position
Mainstream view: heaven is from Old English heofon, from Proto-Germanic *himin-, of uncertain further origin, with no connection to Shona.
The working behind this.
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