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
• Syriac: ܒܚܪܐ ‎(baḥrāʾ)
• Epigraphic South Arabian: 𐩨𐩢𐩧 ‎(bḥr)
• Tigrinya: ባሕሪ ‎(baḥri)

Onomastics and borrowed termsEdit

• Bahrain