Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥaṣ́an-

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.

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ḥaṣ́an-

1. to nurse, raise, rear
2. to hug, embrace

Related terms

• *ḥiṣ́n-

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: [script needed] (ḫaṣānu, “embrace”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:

        Classical Syriac: ܚܢܐ (ḥannā)

      • Canaanite
        • Hebrew: חֹצֶן (ħóṣen)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ኣጠነ (ʾaṭänä)
    • Ge'ez: ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä)
    • Tigrinya: ሓጸነ (ḥaṣänä)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226, [1]