Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mVdr-

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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

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Noun

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*mVdr- m

  1. clod (of the earth, clay, bread etc.)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒃻 (midrum, lump of bread)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: مَدَر (madar, loam used for town buildings)
      • Northwest Semitic:
      • Old South Arabian:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:

References

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  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, 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 189, who apparently does not understand the Akkadian witnesses, saying “attestation of this root in Akkadian is uncertain”.