Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/dubb-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *dab- (“big animal”). Cognate with Egyptian db.

Noun

*dubb-

bear

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒁕𒁍𒌑 (dabû)
Amharic: ድብ (dǝbb)
Arabic: دُبّ‎ (dubb)
- Maltese: debb
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܕܒܐ‎ (debbāʾ)

→ Hebrew: דבא‎ (debā)
Hebrew: דוב / דב‎ (dōḇ)
Tigre: ድብ (dǝbb)
Tigrinya: ድቢ (dǝbbi)
Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎁 (db)

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