Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa

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

*wa

1. and

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒅇 (U₃ /⁠u⁠/)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: وَ (wa)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: וְ־ (wə-)
        • Classical Syriac: ܘ- (wə-)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: וְ־ (wə-)
        • Phoenician: 𐤅- (w-)
          • Punic: 𐤅- (w-)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎆 (wa-)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Hadrami: 𐩥- (w-)
      • Minaean: 𐩥- (w-)
      • Qatabanian: 𐩥- (w-)
      • Sabaean: 𐩥- (w-)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: w-, wə-, əw-
    • Shehri: b-
    • Soqotri: wə-
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Northern Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ወ- (wä-)
        • → Amharic: ወ- (wä-)
      • Tigre: ወ- (wä-)
      • ⇒ Tigrinya: ውን (wən, “and”, coordinates two clauses), ወይ (wäy, “or”)
    • Southern Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Gurage: -ወ (-wä)
      • Harari: ዋ (wa)

References

• 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