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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mawut-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (to die, to kill). Cognate with Egyptian mwt, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt), Kabyle ämmät (to die), and Hausa mutù.

Verb

*mawut-

  1. to die

Conjugation

  • *mawt- (death)

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒁁 (mâtum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: مَاتَ (māta)
      • Northwest Semitic:
      • Old South Arabian:
        • Sabaean: 𐩣𐩥𐩩 (mwt)
      • Safaitic: 𐪃𐪚𐪉 (myt)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • North Ethiopian Semitic:
      • South Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Amharic: ሞተ (motä)
        • Harari: ሞታ (mota)
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: mōt

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, 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 232
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