Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔarṣ́-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔariĉ̣-, with Chadic cognates.

Noun

*ʔarṣ́-

1. earth

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒆠 (KI /⁠erṣetu⁠/)
• Arabic: أَرْض (ʔarḍ)
  • Maltese: art
• Northwest Semitic:
  • Aramaic:

    Classical Syriac: ܐܪܥܐ (ʾarʿā)

    , אַרְקָא (ʾarqā)

  • Hebrew: אֶרֶץ ('érets, ʾéreṣ)
  • Moabite: 𐤀𐤓𐤑 (ʾrṣ)
  • Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤑 (ʾrṣ) /ʾerṣ/
    • Punic: 𐤀𐤓𐤎 (ʾrs) /ʾers/
  • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (ảrṣ) /ʾarṣu/
• Shehri: ʾεrẓ̂
• Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩧𐩳 (ʾrḍ)

References

• Alexander Militarev: Afroasiatic etymology.
• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, 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 189