Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/yad-

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

*yad- or *ʾid-

hand

Comment

Stem ʾid- appears in Aramaic and Ethiopic branch, and also maybe in Akkadian. One wonders whether they're both reflexes of something like **ʾayad- or **yaʾid-.

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒁕 (idu, “arm”), (on)
Amharic: እጅ (ʾəǧ)
Arabic: يَد‎ (yad)
- Egyptian Arabic: ايد‎ (ʾīd)
- Gulf: ايد‎ (ʾīd)
- Maltese: id
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܐܝܕܐ‎ (ʾīḏā)

Hebrew: יְדָא‎ (yəḏā), יַד‎ (yaḏ)
Ge'ez: እድ (ʾəd)
Hebrew: יָד‎ (yāḏ)
Old South Arabian: 𐩺𐩵‎ (yd)
- Minaean: (yd)
- Qatabanian: (yd)
- Sabaean: (yd)
Phoenician: 𐤉𐤃‎ (yd) (yd)
Tigre: እዴ (ʾəde)
Tigrinya: ኢድ (ʾid)
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎄 (yd)

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