I came across this girls video on tiktok where she claimed the wor sihr (black magic ) was a loan word from somali. I didnt believe her at first but when I looked into it none of the semetic lanaguges seem to have a word thats even remotely similar to sihr for magic. Then I tried to find if there was another word we used in somali for black magic but I didnt find anything. So it seems like this might actually be legit
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="" data-video-id="7532550424063249672" data-embed-from="embed_page" style="max-width:605px; min-width:325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@fatuush_ahmed11" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fatuush_ahmed11?refer=embed">@fatuush_ahmed11</a> <p>The Somali language is one of oldest languages in the world, is about 6,000 to 10,000 BC <a title="somalitiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalitiktok?refer=embed">#somalitiktok</a> <a title="somalilanguage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalilanguage?refer=embed">#somalilanguage</a> <a title="somalia" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalia?refer=embed">#somalia</a> <a title="fypシ" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fypシ?refer=embed">#fypシ</a> <a title="djibouti" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/djibouti?refer=embed">#djibouti</a> <a title="somaliland" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somaliland?refer=embed">#somaliland</a> <a title="foryoupage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage?refer=embed">#foryoupage</a> <a title="somalitiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalitiktok?refer=embed">#somalitiktok</a> <a title="moqdisho" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/moqdisho?refer=embed">#moqdisho</a> <a title="jigjiga" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/jigjiga?refer=embed">#jigjiga</a> <a title="bosaso" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bosaso?refer=embed">#bosaso</a> <a title="gedo" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gedo?refer=embed">#gedo</a> </p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - DEYS4NE•
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I found here etymology of sixir as sii + xiir pretty intresting
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="" data-video-id="7532550424063249672" data-embed-from="embed_page" style="max-width:605px; min-width:325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@fatuush_ahmed11" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fatuush_ahmed11?refer=embed">@fatuush_ahmed11</a> <p>The Somali language is one of oldest languages in the world, is about 6,000 to 10,000 BC <a title="somalitiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalitiktok?refer=embed">#somalitiktok</a> <a title="somalilanguage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalilanguage?refer=embed">#somalilanguage</a> <a title="somalia" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalia?refer=embed">#somalia</a> <a title="fypシ" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fypシ?refer=embed">#fypシ</a> <a title="djibouti" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/djibouti?refer=embed">#djibouti</a> <a title="somaliland" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somaliland?refer=embed">#somaliland</a> <a title="foryoupage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage?refer=embed">#foryoupage</a> <a title="somalitiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/somalitiktok?refer=embed">#somalitiktok</a> <a title="moqdisho" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/moqdisho?refer=embed">#moqdisho</a> <a title="jigjiga" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/jigjiga?refer=embed">#jigjiga</a> <a title="bosaso" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bosaso?refer=embed">#bosaso</a> <a title="gedo" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gedo?refer=embed">#gedo</a> </p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - DEYS4NE•
" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7510570476587338502?refer=embed">♬ original sound - DEYS4NE•</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>I found here etymology of sixir as sii + xiir pretty intresting
