Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/naḫar-

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

Verb

*naḫar-

to snort
to gnaw, to perforate

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒍝𒊏𒄷 (/naḫāru/, “to snore, to snort”).
Arabic: نَخَرَ‎ (naḵara, “to snort, to grunt; to gnaw”)
- Maltese: naħar (“to snore”)
Ethiopic:
- Ge'ez ንኅረ (nəḫrä, “to snort, to snore”)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: nəxār (“to snort”)
- Shehri: nxr (“to snort”)
- Soqotri: nḥr (“to groan”)
Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: נְחַר‎ (nəḥar, “to snort, to sneeze; to perforate, to stab”)
  - Classical Syriac: ܢܚܰܪ‎ (nəḥar, “to snort, to sneeze”)
- Hebrew: נָחַר‎ (nāḥar, “to snort”).
- ⇒ Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗 (ảnḫr, “dolphin”)

References

“nḥr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 663
Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 265
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 396