Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʾarṣ́-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʔariĉ̣-, with Chadic cognates.

Noun

*ʾarṣ́-

earth

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒆠 (KI /erṣetu/)
Arabic: أَرْض‎ (ʾarḍ)
- Maltese: art
Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
  Classical Syriac: ܐܪܥܐ‎ (ʾarʿā)
  
  Jewish Aramaic: אַרְעָא‎ (ʾarʿā), אַרְקָא‎ (ʾarqā)
- Hebrew: אֶרֶץ‎ ('érets, ʾéreṣ)
- Moabite: 𐤀𐤓𐤑‎ (ʾrṣ)
- Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤑‎ (ʾrṣ) /ʾerṣ/
  - Punic: 𐤀𐤓𐤎‎ (ʾrs) /ʾers/
- Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (ảrṣ) /ʾarṣu/
Shehri: ʾεrẓ̂
Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩧𐩳‎ (ʾrḍ)

References

Alexander Militarev: Afroasiatic etymology.
Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, 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, page 189

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