Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/-iš

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

Postposition

*-iš

  1. toward, in the direction of, -wards
  2. at, located in the direction of

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: -iš
  • West Semitic: *-ah
    • Central Semitic:
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: -𐎅 (-h /⁠-ah⁠/)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: -ሄ (-he)

References

  • Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2015) “Yusapʿil or Yuhapʿil, that is the Question. Two Solutions to Sound Change *s¹ > h in West Semitic”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 165, pages 27–39
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