Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔamat-

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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

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Etymology

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A baby’s word for its maid.

Noun

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*ʔamat- f

  1. maid, maidservant

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒊩𒆳 (amtum)
  • West Semitic:

References

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  • Goetze, Albrecht (1947) “Short or Long a? (Notes on Some Akkadian Words)”, in Orientalia[1], volume 16, number 2, page 240
  • 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 237
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 129–130