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ש

From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”), the source of שן. The association of "tooth" with this letter was the result of folk etymology and based on the corresponding Phoenician letter, 𐤔 (š), having a shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted a composite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.

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c. 3500 BCEProto-Semitic

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