Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/baśar-

This Proto-West 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-West Semitic

Noun

*baśar- m

1. flesh, human body

Descendants

• Central Semitic:
  • Arabic: بَشَر (bašar, “human; skin”)
    • → Azerbaijani: bəşər
    • → Persian: بَشَر (bašar)
    • → Turkish: beşer
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic:

      Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡎𐡓 (bsr)

      Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡡𐡵𐡴 (bšr)

      Biblical Aramaic: בְּשַׂר (bəśar)

      Classical Syriac: ܒܶܣܪܰܐ (besrā)

      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בִישְׂרָא (bīśrā), בִיסְרָא (bīsrā)

    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: בָּשָׂר (basár, bāśār)
      • Phoenician: 𐤁𐤔𐤓 (bšr)
      • Punic: 𐤁𐤔𐤓 (bšr)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎌𐎗 (bšr /⁠bašaru⁠/)
  • Old South Arabian:
    • Sabaean: 𐩨𐩦𐩧 (bs²r)
• Ethiopian Semitic:
  • Sebat Bet Gurage: በሰር (bäsär)
  • Harari: በሰር (bäsär)
• → Akkadian: 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (/⁠bišru⁠/) (uncertain meaning; hapax which is seemingly mislabelled)

References

• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 38-40
• Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 112