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 (KI /erṣetu/)
• Arabic: أَرْض‎ (ʾarḍ)
  • Maltese: art
• Northwest Semitic:
  • Aramaic:

    Classical Syriac: ܐܪܥܐ‎ (ʾarʿā)

    Jewish Aramaic: אַרְעָא‎ (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