Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaw

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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Conjunction

*ʔaw

  1. or

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅇 (u /⁠ū⁠/) (homographic to the reflex of *wa)
    • Eblaite: (a)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: أَو (ʔaw)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: אוֹ (ʾaw)
          • Classical Syriac: ܐܘ (ʾaw)
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎜 (ʾō)
      • Old South Arabian:

References

  • Lipiński, Edward (2001) Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 80), 2nd edition, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 481–482 § 49.4
  • Weninger, Stefan (2011) “Reconstructive Morphology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 169
  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 67