Appendix:Proto-Semitic/maʾ-

Proto-Semitic

Nouns

*maʾ- or *may-

1. water

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒀀 (mû) [A]
• Arabic: ماء (māʔ)
  • Maltese: ilma
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܡܝ̈ܐ (mayā’)

  Hebrew: מיא (mayā’)

• Epigraphic South Arabian: , 𐩣𐩥 (mw)
• Geez: ማይ (māy)
• Hebrew: מים (mayim)
• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤌 (mm)
• Tigrinya: ማይ (may)
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎊 (my)