Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/patal-

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

*patal-

to twist, to twine, to plait

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒉺𒋫𒇻 (patālu)
Amharic: በጠለ (fättälä)
Arabic: فَتَلَ‎ (fatala)
Aramaic: פָּתַל‎ (pātal)
- Classical Syriac: ܦܬܰܠ‎ (ptal)
Argobba: በጠላ (fättäla)
Gafat: በጠለ (fättälä)
Ge'ez: ፈተለ (fätälä)
Harari: በጠላ (fätäla)
Hebrew: פָּתַל‎ (pātal)
Sebat Bet Gurage: በጠለ (fättälä)
Shehri: ftel
Tigre: ፈትላ (fätla)
Tigrinya: ፈተለ (fätälä)

References

“patālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 270–271
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 170
H6617 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979