Appendix:Proto-Semitic/ʾuðn-

This entry contains Proto-Semitic reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʾudun-, *ʾuǯun-. Cognate with Mogum ʾúdúŋe, Egyptian

 (ỉdn).

Noun

*uðn-, *iðān-,

1. ear

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒉿 (uznu) [GEŠTU, PI]
• Arabic: أذن (’úḏun)
  • Egyptian Arabic: ودن (widn)
  • Maltese: widna
• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܕܢܐ (ʾeḏnāʾ)
    • Modern:
      • Swadaya (East Syriac): adna
      • Turoyo (West Syriac): aḏno
  • Hebrew: אדנא (ʾeḏnāʾ)
• Epigraphic South Arabian:
  • Sabaean: 𐩱𐩹𐩬 (ʾḏn)
• Ge'ez: አዝን (ʾǝzn)
• Hebrew: אוזן \ אֹזֶן (ózen)
• Tigre: አዝን (ʾǝzn)
• Tigrinya: እዝኒ (ʾǝzni)
• Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎄𐎐 (ủdn)