ThisProto-Semitic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

*wa

1. and

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian:𒅇(U₃/⁠u⁠/)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic:وَ(wa)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:וְ־(wə-)
        • Classical Syriac:ܘ-(wə-)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew:וְ־(wə-)
        • Phoenician:𐤅-(w-)
          • Punic:𐤅-(w-)
      • Ugaritic:𐎆(wa-)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Hadrami:𐩥-(w-)
      • Minaean:𐩥-(w-)
      • Qatabanian:𐩥-(w-)
      • Sabaean:𐩥-(w-)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri:w-,wə-,əw-
    • Shehri:b-
    • Soqotri:wə-
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Northern Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez:ወ-(wä-)
        • → Amharic:ወ-(wä-)
      • Tigre:ወ-(wä-)
      • ⇒ Tigrinya:ውን(wən,“and”,coordinates two clauses),ወይ(wäy,“or”)
    • Southern Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Gurage:-ወ(-wä)
      • Harari:ዋ(wa)

• Weninger, Stefan (2011) “Reconstructive Morphology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor,The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science;36), Berlin: De Gruyter,→ISBN, page169
• Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors,The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge,→ISBN, page67

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