Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaṯar-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Semitic

Noun

*ʔaṯar-

1. footstep, trace

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒆠 (ašrum, “place, region”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace”)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “place, region”)
        • Classical Syriac: ܐܰܬܪܳܐ (ʾaṯrā, “place, region”)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: אֲשֶׁר ('ashér, ʾăšer, a relativizer)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎗 (ảṯr /⁠ʾaṯru⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige”)