Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/patal-

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.

*patal-

1. to twist, to twine, to plait

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉺𒋫𒇻 (patālum)
• West Semitic
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: فَتَلَ (fatala)
      • Maltese: fettel
      • Kurdish:

        → Northern Kurdish: fetilîn, fitilîn

    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: פָּתַל (pātal)
        • Classical Syriac: ܦܱ݁ܬܱ݁ܠ (patal)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: פָּתַל (patál, pāṯal)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: በጠለ (bäṭälä)
    • Argobba: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Gafat: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Ge'ez: ፈተለ (fätälä)
    • Harari: በጠላ (bäṭäla)
    • Sebat Bet Gurage: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Tigre: ፈትላ (fätla)
    • Tigrinya: ፈተለ (fätälä)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Shehri: ftel

• “patālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 270–271
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 170
• H6617 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible