Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʾarṣ́-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains 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 *ʔariĉ̣-, with Chadic cognates.

Noun

*ʾarṣ́-

1. earth

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒆠 (erṣetu [KI])
• Arabic: أَرْض‎ (ʾarḍ)
  • Maltese: art
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: אַרְעָא‎ (ʾarʿā), אַרְקָא‎ (ʾarqā)

  Syriac: ܐܪܥܐ‎ (ʾarʿā)

• Epigraphic South Arabian: 𐩱𐩧𐩳‎ (ʾrḍ)
• Hebrew: אֶרֶץ‎ ('érets, ʾéreṣ)
• Moabite: 𐤀𐤓𐤑‎ (ʾrṣ)
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤑‎ (ʾrṣ)
  • Punic: 𐤀𐤓𐤎‎ (ʾrs)
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (ảrṣ)

References

• Alexander Militarev: Afroasiatic etymology.