disc▪ Youssef2003: from Eg šnǧ.t, Copt šonte ‘acacia tree’
▪ Rolland2014: from SahCopt šonte or BohCopt šonti ‘acacia tree’, or Dem šnt, from (mEmp) Eg šnd ‘id.’
▪ Erman1892 would not exclude that the Eg item is loaned from Sem, whereas
▪ Calice1936 takes the ṭ in Hbr šiṭṭāh as an indication of the Hbr item being a borrowing.