Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaw

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

*ʔaw

or

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅇 (u /⁠ū⁠/) (homographic to the reflex of *wa)
- Eblaite: [script needed] (a)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: أَو (ʔaw)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic: אוֹ (ʾaw)
      - Classical Syriac: ܐܘ (ʾaw)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: אוֹ (o, ʾô)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎜 (ʾō)
  - Old South Arabian:
    - Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩥 (ʾw)
    - Sabaean: 𐩱𐩥 (ʾw)

References

Lipiński, Edward (2001) Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 80), 2nd edition, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 481–482 § 49.4
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

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