Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/baḥr-
Proto-West Semitic edit
Noun edit
*baḥr- m
Usage notes edit
Replaced the original word *tihām- in West Semitic, but was in turn replaced in Northwest Semitic by *yamm-.
Descendants edit
- Central Semitic
- Arabic: بَحْر (baḥr)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܒܱ݁ܚܪܳܐ (baḥrāʾ)
- Aramaic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩨𐩢𐩧 (bḥr)
- Ethiopian Semitic: