Appendix:Proto-Semitic/raʾš-

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

Noun

*raʾš-

1. head

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒊕 (rēšu) [SAG]
• Amharic: ራስ (ras)
• Arabic: رأس (ra’s)
  • Maltese: ras
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā’)

  Hebrew: רישא (rēšā’)

• Eblaite: 𒌷𒉈 (rí-še₆) /riʔši/ [URU.NE]
• Epigraphic South Arabian: 𐩧𐩱𐩪 (rʾs)
  • Sabaean: (rʾs)
• Ge'ez: rǝʾs
• Hebrew: ראש (roš)
• Moabite: 𐤓𐤔 (rš)
• Phoenician: 𐤓𐤀𐤔 (rʾš)
• Tigre: ረኣስ (räʾas)
• Tigrinya: ርእሲ (rǝʾsi)
• Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎛𐎌 (rỉš)