Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/-iš

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

Postposition

*-iš

1. toward, in the direction of, -wards
2. at, located in the direction of

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: -iš
• West Semitic: *-ah
  • Central Semitic:
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: ־ָה (-a, -â)
      • Ugaritic: -𐎅 (-h /⁠-ah⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: -ሄ (-he)

References

• Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2015) “Yusapʿil or Yuhapʿil, that is the Question. Two Solutions to Sound Change *s¹ > h in West Semitic”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 165, pages 27–39