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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔapʕaw-

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

Noun

*ʔapʕaw- f

  1. viper, a kind of snake

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Eblaite: 𒉌𒁀𒅇𒌝 (ì-pá-ù-um)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: أَفْعًى (ʔafʕan)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: אֶפְעֶה (ʾep̄ʿê)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔𐎓 (ảpʿ /⁠ʾapʿā⁠/)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: እፉኝት (ʾəffuññət), ፉኝት (fuññət), እፍኝት (ʾəffəññət), ፍኝት (fəññət), እምፉት (ʾəmfut)
      • Ge'ez: አፍዖት (ʾäfʿot)
      • Harari: ሒፊኝ (ḥiffiñ)
      • Tigrinya: አፍዑት (ʾäfʿut), አፍዖት (ʾäfʿot)
      • Tigre: አፍዖት (ʾäfʿot)
      • Awngi: አፉወ (afuwa)

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 14, nr. 10
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