Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wadaʕ-

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

Verb

*wadaʕ-

  1. to know

Derived terms

  • *šawdaʕ- (“to inform”)

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒍪 (edûm)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: وَدَعَ (wadaʕa)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: יְדַע (yəḏaʕ)
          • Classical Syriac: ܝܕܥ (ʔīḏaʕ)
          • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܕܹܥ (yādēˁ)
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: יָדַע (yāḏáʿ)
          • Phoenician: 𐤉𐤃𐤏 (ydʿ)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎄𐎓 (ydʿ /⁠yadaʕa⁠/)
      • Old South Arabian:
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: wīḏa
      • Shehri: ʔedaʕ
      • Soqotri: ʔedaḥ

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