Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔakal-

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

Verb

*ʔakal-

to eat
food

Descendants

East Semitic
- Akkadian: 𒅥 (akālu [GU₇])
Central Semitic
- Arabic: أَكَلَ‎ (ʾakala)
  - Egyptian Arabic: اكل‎ (ʾákal), كل‎ (kal)
  - Gulf Arabic: كَلَا‎ (kələ), كِلَا‎ (kɪlə)
  - Maltese: kiel
- Aramaic:
  Hebrew: אֲכַל‎ (ʾăḵal)
  
  Syriac: ܐܟܠ‎ (ʾeḵal)
Hebrew: אָכַל‎ (ʾāḵal)
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤊𐤋‎ (ʾkl)
South Semitic
- Amharic: እህል (ʾəhl, “grain”)
Tigrinya: እኽሊ (ʾəxli, “grain”)
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎋𐎍 (ảkl /ʾakala/)

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