From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע ('etsbá'), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.
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