Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/milḥ-

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

Noun

*milḥ- m

1. salt

Descendants

• Central Semitic:
  • Arabic: مِلْح (milḥ)
    • Gulf Arabic: ملح (milḥ)
    • Moroccan Arabic: ملح
    • Maltese: melħ
    • Hindi: मिल्ह (milha)
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic: מִלְחָא (milḥā), מִילְחָא (milḥa), ܡܠܚܐ (milḥā)
      • Classical Syriac: ܡܠܚܐ (milḥā)
    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: מֶלַח (mélakh, melaḥ)
      • (possibly) Phoenician: 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)
        • Punic: 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀 (mlkʾ)
        • → Ancient Greek: Μᾰλᾰ́κη (Malákē)
        • → Latin: Malaca
          • → Arabic: مالقة
            • → Hijazi Arabic: مالقة (learned)
            • → Spanish: Málaga
              • → Catalan: Màlaga
              • → English: Malaga, Málaga
              • → Greek: Μάλαγα (Málaga)
              • → Hebrew: מָלָגָה (Malága)
              • → Polish: Malaga, Málaga
              • → Portuguese: Málaga
              • → Russian: Ма́лага (Málaga)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎈𐎚 (mlḥt /⁠milḥatu⁠/)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 239