Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/wayn-

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

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō (“wine, vine”)[1][2][3][4], if not vice versa[2][3][5][6], or a common loanword from Asia Minor.[7][8]

Noun

*wayn- m[9]

wine

Descendants

Arabic: وَيْن‎ (wayn, “black grape”) (rare)
- → Persian: وین‎ (vīn, “black grape”)
Northwest Semitic:
- Canaanite:
  - Hebrew: יַיִן‎ (yáyin, “wine”)
  - Phoenician: 𐤉𐤍‎ (yn)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎐 (yn)
Old South Arabian:
Qatabanian: 𐩥𐩺𐩬‎ (wyn, “vineyard”)
Sabaean: 𐩥𐩺𐩬‎ (wyn, “vineyard”)
Ethiosemitic:
- Amharic: ወይን (wäyn)
- Ge'ez: ወይን (wäyn, “grapevine, wine”)
- Tigrinya: ወይኒ (wäyni, “wine, grape”)
  - → Beja: wayni

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 38
Nichols, J. (1997) , “The epicentre of the Indo-European linguistic spread”, in Blench, R.; M. Spriggs, editor, Archaeology and Language I: Theoretical and Methodological Orientations‎, London: Routledge, page 126
Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 79-82
Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017) , “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Asatrian, Garnik S., editors, Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 21, issue 3, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384X-20170306, page 2
Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 79-82
Rabin, Chaim (1963) , “Hittite Words in Hebrew”, in Orientalia, volume 32, issue 2, DOI:10.2307/43073741, pages 138–139
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 623
Kogan, Leonid (2011) , “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 241

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company

[Fortson-2] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 38

[Nichols-3] Nichols, J. (1997) , “The epicentre of the Indo-European linguistic spread”, in Blench, R.; M. Spriggs, editor, Archaeology and Language I: Theoretical and Methodological Orientations‎, London: Routledge, page 126

[4] Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 79-82

[Fenwick-5] Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017) , “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Asatrian, Garnik S., editors, Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 21, issue 3, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384X-20170306, page 2

[Klimov-6] Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 79-82

[7] Rabin, Chaim (1963) , “Hittite Words in Hebrew”, in Orientalia, volume 32, issue 2, DOI:10.2307/43073741, pages 138–139

[8] Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 623

[9] Kogan, Leonid (2011) , “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 241