Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/
ʕalay-
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
Preposition
*ʕalay
on
,
on top of
Descendants
East Semitic:
Akkadian:
𒌋𒅗
(
eli
)
West Semitic:
Central Semitic:
Arabic:
عَلَى
(
ʕalā
)
Egyptian Arabic:
على
(
ʕala
)
,
ع
(
ʕa-
)
Hijazi Arabic:
على
(
ʕala
)
Maltese:
għal
Moroccan Arabic:
على
(
ʕlā
)
,
ع
(
ʕa-
)
North Levantine Arabic:
على
(
ʕala
)
,
ع
(
ʕa-
)
South Levantine Arabic:
على
(
ʕala
)
,
ع
(
ʕa-
)
Northwest Semitic:
Aramaic:
עַל
(
ʕal
)
Canaanite:
Hebrew:
על
(
al
)
Moabite:
𐤏𐤋
(
ʿl
)
Ethiopian Semitic:
Ge'ez:
ላዕለ
(
laʿlä
)
Tigrinya:
ላዕሊ
(
laʿli
)
Related terms
*ʕaly-
(
uncertain
)