Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/naḥat-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/naḥat-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *nax̣at-

Verb

*naḥat-

1. to whittle, to hew, to carve
2. (figuratively) to chide, to scold, to opprobriate

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉡𒄴𒄷𒌓 (nuḫḫutu, “to trim, to hew”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: نَحَتَ‎ (naḥata)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎈𐎚 (nḥt)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩬𐩢𐩩‎ (nḥt, “opprobrium, obloquy”, originally verbal noun)
    • → Old Armenian: նախատեմ (naxatem, “to reproach; to insult”)

References

• Tropper, Josef (1995), “Akkadisch nuḫḫutu und die Repräsentation des Phonems /ḥ/ im Akkadischen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (in German), volume 85, issue 1, DOI:10.1515/zava.1995.85.1.58, pages 58–66