Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wa

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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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Conjunction

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*wa

  1. and

Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅇 (U₃ /⁠u⁠/)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: وَ (wa)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: וְ־ (wə-)
          • Classical Syriac: ܘ- (wə-)
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎆 (wa-)
      • Old South Arabian:
    • Modern South Arabian:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Northern Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Ge'ez: ወ- (wä-)
          • Amharic: ወ- (wä-)
        • Tigre: ወ- (wä-)
        • Tigrinya: ውን (wən, and, coordinates two clauses), ወይ (wäy, or)
      • Southern Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Gurage: -ወ (-wä)
        • Harari: (wa)

References

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  • Weninger, Stefan (2011) “Reconstructive Morphology”, 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 169
  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 67