Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕaly-
Proto-Semitic
editEtymology
editTentatively from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, if so cognate with Proto-Berber *aly- (“to ascend, climb”), and Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”)
Verb
edit*ʕaly-
- to ascend, to climb
- to be high
Descendants
edit- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒇯𒁺 (elûm)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
Antonyms
editRelated terms
edit- *ʕalay- (uncertain)
References
editLeslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN page 303-304