Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕaly-

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

Tentatively from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, if so cognate with Proto-Berber *aly- (“to ascend, climb”), and Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”)

Verb

*ʕaly-

  1. to ascend, to climb
  2. to be high

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒇯𒁺 (elûm)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ለዐለ (läʿälä), ልዕለ (ləʿlä, “be high, superior, elevated”)
      • Tigrinya: ተላዕለ (tälaʿlä, “arise, lift”), ኣልዓለ (ʾalʿalä, “raise”)

Antonyms

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN page 303-304
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