Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baḥr-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SemiticEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

NounEdit

*baḥr-

1. sea, lake

DescendantsEdit

• Amharic: ባህረ (bahǝr)
• Arabic: بَحْرٌ‎ (baḥr)
  • Maltese: baħar
• Ge'ez: ባሕር (baḥr)
• Syriac: ܒܚܪܐ‎ (baḥrāʾ)
• Epigraphic South Arabian: 𐩨𐩢𐩧‎ (bḥr)
• Tigrinya: ባሕሪ (baḥri)

Onomastics and borrowed termsEdit

• Bahrain