Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaw

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: [script needed] (a)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: أَو (ʔaw)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: אוֹ (ʾaw)
        • Classical Syriac: ܐܘ (ʾaw)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: אוֹ (o, ʾô)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎜 (ʾō)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩥 (ʾw)
      • Sabaean: 𐩱𐩥 (ʾw)

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