Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mut-

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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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Etymology

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From Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Hausa mùtûm and possibly Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ (tamṭṭutt, woman, wife).

Noun

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*mut- m

  1. person, man

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒁮 (mutum, husband, man, warrior)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎚 (mt /⁠mutu⁠/, husband, man, person)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ምት (mət, man)

References

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  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN