Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḏanab-

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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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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Most likely from Proto-Afroasiatic *danb- (hindquarters). The Iranian terms belonging to Persian دنب (donb), albeit identical in form and meaning to Aramaic words for tail, are unrelated.

Noun

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*ḏanab- m

  1. tail

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 60–61 Nr. 64