Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕaly-

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

Tentatively from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, if so cognate with Proto-Berber *aly- (“to ascend, climb”), and Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”)

Verb

*ʕaly-

1. to ascend, to climb
2. to be high

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒇯𒁺 (elûm)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: عَلِيَ (ʕaliya), عَلَى (ʕalā)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Classical Syriac:
        • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܵܠܹܐ (ˁālē)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: עָלָה (ʕālā)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (ʕly)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ለዐለ (läʿälä), ልዕለ (ləʿlä, “be high, superior, elevated”)
    • Tigrinya: ተላዕለ (tälaʿlä, “arise, lift”), ኣልዓለ (ʾalʿalä, “raise”)

Antonyms

• *warad-
• *rayam-

Related terms

• *ʕalay- (uncertain)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN page 303-304