Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/laban-

This Proto-West 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-West Semitic

Adjective

*laban-

white

Descendants

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: لَبَن‎ (laban, “milk”)
  - Gulf Arabic: لِبَن‎ (liban)
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Canaanite:
    - Hebrew: לָבָן‎ (laván)
      - Phoenician: 𐤋𐤁𐤍‎ (lbn)
        Punic: 𐤋𐤁𐤍‎ (lbn)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎁𐎐 (lbn)

References

Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Huehnergard, John (2019) , “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN