Proto-SemiticEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *wVraq- (“green”). Cognate with Egyptian
(jꜣqt, “leeks, vegetables”) and
(wꜣḏ, “green”).[1]
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RootEdit
*waraq-
DescendantsEdit
- Akkadian: 𒅊 (warqu) [SIG7, IGI-gunû]
- Arabic: وَرَق (waraq)
- Aramaic: ירק (yūrāq)
- Syriac: ܝܘܪܩܐ (yurrāqā)
- Harari: ወሪቅ (wärīq)
- Hebrew: יָרוֹק (yārōq)
- Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎖 (yrq)