Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/našr-

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

*našr- m

eagle, vulture

Descendants

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: نَسْر (nasr)
  - Egyptian Arabic: نسر (nisr)
  - Hijazi Arabic: نَسِر (nasir)
  - South Levantine Arabic: نَسِر (nisr)
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Aramaic:
    Biblical Aramaic: נשר (nəšar)
    
    Classical Syriac: ܢܺܫܪܳܐ (nišrā)
    
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נִשְׁרָא (nišrā)
  - Canaanite:
    - Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר (nésher, néšer)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎗 (nšr /⁠našru⁠/)
- Old South Arabian:
  - Hadrami: 𐩬𐩪𐩧 (ns¹r)
Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ንስር (nəsr)
- Ge'ez: ንስር (nəsr)
- Tigre: ንስር (nǝsǝr)
- Tigrinya: ንስሪ (nǝsri)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: nōhər
- Shehri: núšer, nuser
- Soqotri: nóyhir
→ Akkadian: 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (našru)

References

Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 220–221 No. 166