Ancient Hebrew

Root

sarama

to be left over, to remain, to be spared, to survive intact

Shlomo descends from Shona sarama, to remain intact, to be spared

Confidence
61/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
ShlomoEnglish

The consensus position

Mainstream comparative linguistics derives Shlomo from the Hebrew triliteral root š-l-m "be whole, complete, at peace", the same root as šālōm, with a suffix variously read as "his peace", a hypocoristic ending, or an adjectival formation. It is treated as Northwest Semitic in origin with cognates in Akkadian, Ugaritic, Phoenician and Arabic, and no relation to Bantu is proposed.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 8 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

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