Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥaṣ́an-

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ḥaṣ́an-

  1. to nurse, raise, rear
  2. to hug, embrace

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: [script needed] (ḫaṣānu, embrace)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Classical Syriac: ܚܢܐ (ḥannā)
        • Canaanite
          • Hebrew: חֹצֶן (ħóṣen)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: ኣጠነ (ʾaṭänä)
      • Ge'ez: ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä)
      • Tigrinya: ሓጸነ (ḥaṣänä)

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226, [1]