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

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

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