Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/lišān-

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 *lis- (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Berber *ilVs- (“tongue”), Egyptian ns (“tongue”), West Chadic *ḥa-lis-um- (“tongue”), Proto-Central Chadic *ʔV-lyas- (“tongue”), East Chadic *lyas-an- (“tongue”), Omotic *mi-las- (“tongue”).

Noun

*liš(š)ān-

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅴 (EME /lišānu/)
- Eblaite: 𒇷𒊓𒉡 (li-sa-nu /lišānu(m)/)
West Semitic:
- Arabic: لِسَان‎ (lisān)
  - Gulf Arabic: لْسَان‎ (lsan)
  - Maltese: lsien
- Hebrew: לָשׁוֹן‎ (lāšōn)
  - → Yiddish: לשון‎ (loshn)
- Aramaic:
  Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ‎ (liššānā)
  
  Hebrew: לִשָּׁנָא‎ (liššānā)
- Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎌𐎐 (lšn /lašānu/)
South Semitic:
- Amharic: ልሳን (lǝs(s)an)
- Ge'ez: ልሳን (ləsan)
- Old South Arabian:
  - Sabaean: 𐩡𐩪𐩬‎ (lsn)
- Tigre: ልሳን (lǝs(s)an, nǝssal)
- Tigrinya: ልሳን (lǝs(s)an)

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