Appendix:Proto-Semitic/śamš-

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*śamš-

1. the Sun
2. sun heat

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒌓 (šamšu) [UD]
• Arabic: شَمْسٌ (šams)
  • Maltese: xemx
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܫܡܫܐ (šimšā’)

  Hebrew: שמשא (šimšā’)

• Epigraphic South Arabian: (šms), 𐩦𐩣𐩪𐩣 (šmsm)
• Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ (šémeš, shémesh)
• Phoenician: 𐤔𐤌𐤔 (šmš)
• Tigre: ሸምሽ (šämš)
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎔𐎌 (špš)

Borrowed terms in English

• Shamash
• shin