Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mawut-

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

From Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Egyptian mwt, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt), Kabyle ämmät (“to die”), and Hausa mutù.

Verb

*mawut-

1. to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/mawut- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*mawt-
active participle					*māwit-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*mawutku	*mawutka	*mawata		*mawutkayā	*mawutkā	*mawatā		*mawutna	*mawutkanu	*mawatū
	f		*mawutki	*mawatat				*mawatatā			*mawutkina	*mawutā
imperfect	m	*ʔamūt	*tamūt	*yimūt		*tamūtā	*yamūtā	*nimūt		*tamūtū	*yimūtū
	f		*tamūtī	*tamūt			*tamūtā			*tamūtā	*yimūtā
imperative	m		*mūt			*mūtā				*mūtū
	f		*mūtī							*mūtā

Related terms

• *mawt- (“death”)

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒁁 (mâtum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: مَاتَ (māta)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: מִית (mīṯ)
        • Classical Syriac: ܡܺܝܬ (mīṯ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: מֵת (met, mēṯ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎚 (mt /⁠māta⁠/)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩣𐩥𐩩 (mwt)
    • Safaitic: 𐪃𐪚𐪉 (myt)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • North Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ሞተ (motä)
      • Tigre: ሞተ (motä)
      • Tigrinya: ሞተ (motä)
    • South Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: ሞተ (motä)
      • Harari: ሞታ (mota)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: mōt

References

• 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 232