Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kabkab-

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

Noun

*kabkab-

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Comment

Originally from a disyllabic root. In many reflexes a dissimilation *b-b > *w-b occurred.

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒀯 (kakkabu [MUL])
Amharic: ኮከብ (kokäb)
Amorite: [script needed] (kabkabum)
Arabic: كَوْكَب‎ (kawkab)
- Maltese: kewkba
- → Persian: کوکب‎ (koukab)
  - → Urdu: کوکب‎ (kaukab)
Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܟܒܐ‎ (kāwkbā)
- Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡊࡁ‎ (kukb-)
- Classical Syriac: ܟܘܟܒܐ‎ (kawkḇā)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כּוֹכְבָא‎ (kōḵəḇā)
Classical Hebrew: כּוֹכָב‎ (kōḵāḇ)
- Hebrew: כּוֹכָב‎ (kokháv)
Eblaite: 𒆕𒅗𒁍 (/kakkab/)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: kabkīb
- Shehri: kebkeb / kobkob
- Soqotri: kebkeb / kobkob
Old South Arabian: 𐩫𐩥𐩫𐩨‎ (kwkb)
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤊𐤁‎ (kkb), 𐤊𐤁𐤊𐤁‎ (kbkb)
Tigrinya: ዃኾብ (xʷaxob)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎁𐎋𐎁 (kbkb)

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