Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥapar-

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

*ḥapar-

to dig

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒄩𒉺𒊒 (ḫapāru)
Central Semitic:
- Arabic: حَفَرَ‎ (ḥafara)
- Classical Syriac: ܚܦܰܪ‎ (ḥəp̱ar)
- Hebrew: חָפַר‎ (ḥap̱ár)
South Semitic
- Amharic: ቈፈረ (ḳʷäffärä)
- Ge'ez: ቀፈረ (ḳäfärä)
- Mehri: ʿāfōr‎
- Old South Arabian: 𐩢𐩰𐩧‎ (ḥfr)
- Sebat Bet Gurage: ቆፈረ (ḳoffärä)
- Shehri: ʿɔ́fɔ́r
- Tigrinya: ቈፈረ (ḳʷäfärä)