Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/našr-

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

Noun

*našr- m

1. eagle, vulture

Descendants

• Central Semitic:
  • Arabic: نَسْر (nasr)
    • Egyptian Arabic: نسر (nisr)
    • Hijazi Arabic: نَسِر (nasir)
    • South Levantine Arabic: نَسِر (nisr)
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic:

      Biblical Aramaic: נשר (nəšar)

      Classical Syriac: ܢܺܫܪܳܐ (nišrā)

      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נִשְׁרָא (nišrā)

    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר (nésher, néšer)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎗 (nšr /⁠našru⁠/)
  • Old South Arabian:
    • Hadrami: 𐩬𐩪𐩧 (ns¹r)
• Ethiopian Semitic:
  • Amharic: ንስር (nəsr)
  • Ge'ez: ንስር (nəsr)
  • Tigre: ንስር (nǝsǝr)
  • Tigrinya: ንስሪ (nǝsri)
• Modern South Arabian:
  • Mehri: nōhər
  • Shehri: núšer, nuser
  • Soqotri: nóyhir
• → Akkadian: 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (našru)

References

• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 220–221 No. 166