Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥāmiṣ́-

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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

Etymology

Active participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (to be sour).

Adjective

*ḥāmiṣ́-

  1. sour, acid to the taste sense

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Eblaite: (NINDA.AD₆ /⁠ʔà-mi-zum, ʔà-me-zum⁠/)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: חֹמֶץ (khómets, ḥṓmeṣ, vinegar)