The story
- Egyptian · borrowed fromšn“shen ring, circuit”
- English todayshen ring
Borrowed from Egyptian šn (“shen ring, circuit”), a derivative of šnj (“to be round, to encircle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
shen ring
Today it means: A circle with a line at a tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylized loop of rope, representing eternal protection. Full definition →
Egyptian šn