Appendix:Proto-Semitic/bayt-

This entry contains Proto-Semitic reconstructed words 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

*bayt-

1. house

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒂍 (bītu, bētu) [É]
• Amharic: ቤት (bet)
• Arabic: بَيْتٌ (bayt)
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت (bēt)
  • Maltese: bejt
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܒܝܬܐ (baytāʾ)

  Hebrew: ביתא (baytāʾ)

• Epigraphic South Arabian: , 𐩨𐩺𐩩 (byt)
• Ge'ez: ቤት (bet)
• Hebrew: בית (bayiṯ)
• Phoenician: 𐤁𐤉𐤕 (byt), 𐤁𐤕 (bt)
  • Punic: 𐤁𐤕 (bt)
• Tigrinya: ቤት (bet)
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎚 (bt)

Onomastics and borrowed terms

• beta
• beth
• bethel
• Bethlehem