Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wadaʕ-

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

Verb

*wadaʕ-

1. to know

Derived terms

• *šawdaʕ- (“to inform”)

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒍪 (edûm)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: وَدَعَ (wadaʕa)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:

        Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: יְדַע (yəḏaʕ)

        • Classical Syriac: ܝܕܥ (ʔīḏaʕ)
        • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܕܹܥ (yādēˁ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: יָדַע (yāḏáʿ)
        • Phoenician: 𐤉𐤃𐤏 (ydʿ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ /⁠yadaʕa⁠/)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Qatabanian: 𐩺𐩵𐩲 (ydʿ)
      • Sabaean: 𐩺𐩵𐩲 (ydʿ)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: wīḏa
    • Shehri: ʔedaʕ
    • Soqotri: ʔedaḥ

Further reading

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 202–203