Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/-r

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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

From Proto-Afroasiatic *-r.

Suffix

*-r

Nominal class suffix pertaining to tame, wild useful, or domestic animals

Derived terms

*ʔimmar- (“ram”)
*ʕakbar- (“mouse”)
*ʕVṣṣūr- (“bird”)
*ḥimār- (“donkey”)
*ḡadr- (“herd”)
*muhr- (“foal”)
*paʔr- (“mouse”)
*ṯawr- (“bull”)

References

Diakonoff, Igor M. (1988) Afrasian Languages (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka, page 57.

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