Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/ʔalyat-

This Proto-West 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-West Semitic

*ʔalyatāna

Noun

*ʔalyat- f

1. fat tail, tail fat

Descendants

• Central Semitic:
  • Arabic: أَلْيَة f (ʔalya)
    • North Levantine Arabic: لِيّة (liyye)
    • South Levantine Arabic: لِيّة (liyya)
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic::

      Classical Syriac: ܐܶܠ݁ܝܺܬܳܐ f (ʾellīṯā)

      Jewish Literary Aramaic: אֲלִּיתָה f (ʾallīṯā), אֲלִּיתָא f (ʾallīṯā)

      Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אלייתה f

      Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܠܝܬܐ f

      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲלִיתָא f (ʾalīṯā)

      Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡉࡕࡀ f (alita)

    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: אַלְיָה f (alyá, ʾalyā)
• Ethiopian Semitic:
  • Amharic: ላት (lat)
  • Harari: ለት (lǟt)
  • Silt'e: ላት (lāt)

References

• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7–8 No. 5