Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/māy-

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

Alternative forms

*may-, *mah-

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *maʾ-. Cognate to Egyptian mw (“water”) and Iraqw ma'ay.

Noun

*māy-

water

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀀 (mû [A])
Central Semitic:
- Proto-Arabic: *māy-
  - Safaitic: 𐪃𐪚‎ m (my /māy/), 𐪃𐪚𐪉‎ f (myt /mayyat/), 𐪃𐪅𐪑‎ (mwʔ /mowayʾ/), 𐪃𐪑‎ (mʔ /māʾ/)
  - Arabic: مَاء‎ (māʾ)
    - Algerian Arabic: ما‎ (mā)
    - Andalusian Arabic: ما‎ (mā)
    - Baharna Arabic: مي‎ (me)
    - Chadian Arabic: المي‎ (almi)
    - Egyptian Arabic: مية‎ (máyya)
    - Gulf Arabic: ماي‎ (māy)
    - Hassaniya: ما‎ (ma)
    - Hijazi Arabic: موية‎ (mōya)
    - Iraqi Arabic: ماي‎ (māy)
    - Libyan Arabic: مي‎ (me)
    - Maltese: ilma
    - Moroccan Arabic: ما‎ (mā)
    - North Levantine Arabic: مَي‎ (may)
    - Sudanese Arabic: موية‎ (mōya)
- Aramaic: מַיָּא‎ (mayyā)
  - Syriac: ܡܝ̈ܐ‎ (mayyā)
  - Mandaic: ࡌࡉࡀ‎ (miā/myā)
  - Lishana Deni: מאיא‎ (ṃāya), מאייה‎ (ṃāye)
  - Christian Bishmiyaye: Undetermined: [script needed] (miya)
- Hebrew: מַיִם‎ (máyim)
  - → Yiddish: מים‎ (mayim)
    - → Dutch: majem
- Phoenician: 𐤌𐤌‎ (mm)
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎊 (my)
South Semitic:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩥‎ (mw)
- Ge'ez: ማይ (māy)
- Harsusi: myōh
- Hobyót: ḥmo
- Mehri: [script needed] (moh)
- Shehri: míh
- Tigre: ማይ (may)
- Tigrinya: ማይ (may)

References

- Alexander Militarev, A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75-100, in the Journal of Language Relationhip[s]

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