Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/waraq-

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 *wVraq- ‎(“green”). Cognate with Egyptian ‎(j3qt, “leek, vegetables”), ‎(w3ḏ, “green”), and ‎(yrq, “onion, greenery, green stuff”).

RootEdit

*waraq-

1. green, greenish
2. yellow
3. leaf

DescendantsEdit

• Akkadian: 𒅊 ‎(warqu) [SIG7, IGI-gunû]
• Arabic: وَرَق ‎(waraq)
  • Egyptian Arabic: وَرَق ‎(wáraʾ)
  • Maltese: weraq
• Aramaic: ירק ‎(yūrāq)
  • Syriac: ܝܘܪܩܐ ‎(yurrāqā)
• Hebrew: יָרוֹק ‎(yārōq)
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎖 ‎(yrq)

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