Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥamṯ-

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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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Noun

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*ḥamṯ- m

  1. abdomen

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒍨 (emšu, imšu, region below the navel; abdomen; uterus)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חִמְּצָא (ḥimṣā, fatty intestinal tissue) (considered influenced by Akkadian 𒍜𒈨𒃶 (UZU.ME.ḪÉ /⁠ḫimṣu⁠/, fatty intestinal tissue), but this is generally mentioned in rituals and could be a West-Semitic borrowing)
          • Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡌࡑࡀ (himṣa, abdomen, belly, entrails)
          • Classical Syriac: ܚܘܽܡܫܳܐ (ḥumšā, abdomen; omasum) (considered from Hebrew)
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: חֹמֶשׁ (khomésh, ḥṓmeš, belly, abdomen)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎎𐎘 (ḥmṯ /⁠ḥamṯu⁠/, venter)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: ḥamṯ (belly below the navel)
      • Harsusi: ḥamṯ (lower belly, pubes)
      • Shehri: ḥamṯ (lower belly)
      • Soqotri: ḥánt (venter)

References

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  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176a
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 110–111 Nr. 122