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Proto-West Semitic [ edit ]
*ʔalyatāna
*ʔalyat- f
fat tail , tail fat
Descendants [ edit ]
Central Semitic:
Arabic: أَلْيَة f ( ʔalya ) North Levantine Arabic: لِيّة ( liyye ) South Levantine Arabic: لِيّة ( liyya )
Northwest Semitic:
Aramaic: :
Classical Syriac: ܐܶܠ݁ܝܺܬܳܐ f ( ʾellīṯā )
Jewish Literary Aramaic: אֲלִּיתָה f ( ʾallīṯā ) , אֲלִּיתָא f ( ʾallīṯā )
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אלייתה f
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܠܝܬܐ f
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲלִיתָא f ( ʾalīṯā )
Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡉࡕࡀ f ( alita )
Canaanite:
Ethiopian Semitic:
Amharic: ላት ( lat )
Harari: ለት ( lǟt )
Silt'e: ላት ( lāt )
References [ edit ]
Militarev, Alexander , Kogan, Leonid (2000 ) Semitic Etymological Dictionary , volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals , Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 7–8 No. 5