Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/laban-

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

Adjective

*laban-

  1. white

Descendants

  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: لَبَن (laban, “milk”)
      • Egyptian Arabic: لبن (laban)
      • Gulf Arabic: لِبَن (liban)
      • Hijazi Arabic: لبن (laban)
      • Iraqi Arabic: لِبَن (liban)
      • Moroccan Arabic: لبن (lban)
      • South Levantine Arabic: لبن (laban)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: لبن (leben)
    • Northwest Semitic:

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
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