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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabw-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Root

*ʔabw- [1]

  1. father

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *ʔabw-um (nominative singular)
    • East Semitic:
      • Akkadian: 𒀊 (abu)
    • West Semitic:
      • Central Semitic:
        • Arabic: أَب (ʾab) (see there for further descendants)
        • Northwest Semitic:
      • South Semitic:
        • Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Old South Arabian:
          Minaean: 𐩱𐩨 (ʾb)
          Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩨 (ʾb)
          Sabaean: 𐩱𐩨 (ʾb)

Onomastics

  1. Abigail
  2. Abraham
  3. Absalom
  4. Ahab
  5. Barabbas
  6. Joab

Borrowed terms

  1. abelmosk
  2. baobab
  3. borage
  4. bwana
  5. pataca
  6. abba, abbacy, abbatial, abbé, abbess, abbey, abbot

References

  1. John Huehnergard (2019), Proto-Semitic”, in The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
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