Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/baśar-

This Proto-West 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-West Semitic edit

Noun edit

*baśar- m

flesh, human body

Descendants edit

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: بَشَر (bašar, “human; skin”)
  - → Azerbaijani: bəşər
  - → Persian: بَشَر (bašar)
  - → Turkish: beşer
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡎𐡓 (bsr)
    
    Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡡𐡵𐡴 (bšr)
    
    Biblical Aramaic: בְּשַׂר (bəśar)
    
    Classical Syriac: ܒܶܣܪܰܐ (besrā)
    
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בִישְׂרָא (bīśrā), בִיסְרָא (bīsrā)
  - Canaanite:
    - Hebrew: בָּשָׂר (basár, bāśār)
    - Phoenician: 𐤁𐤔𐤓 (bšr)
    - Punic: 𐤁𐤔𐤓 (bšr)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎌𐎗 (bšr /⁠bašaru⁠/)
- Old South Arabian:
  - Sabaean: 𐩨𐩦𐩧 (bs²r)
Ethiopian Semitic:
- Sebat Bet Gurage: በሰር (bäsär)
- Harari: በሰር (bäsär)
→ Akkadian: 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (/⁠bišru⁠/) (uncertain meaning; hapax which is seemingly mislabelled)

References edit

Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 38-40
Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 112