Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/katab-
Proto-West Semitic edit
Etymology edit
Compare Akkadian takāpum (“to pierce”), which could potentially be related through metathesis.
Verb edit
*katab-
Reconstruction notes edit
The meaning "write" is secondary and spread through diffusion rather than inheritance (Huehnergard 2005). In languages where "write" is the only attested sense, the reflex cannot be considered reliable evidence.
Descendants edit
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
References edit
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
- Huehnergard, John (2005) "Features of Central Semitic", Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran, pp. 155‒203.