Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/ʔalyat-

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

*ʔalyatāna

Noun

*ʔalyat- f

fat tail, tail fat

Descendants

Arabic: أَلْيَة‎ f (ʾalya)
- North Levantine Arabic: لِيّة‎ (liyye)
Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic::
  Classical Syriac: ܐܠܝܬܐ‎ f (ʾellīṯā)
  Jewish Literary Aramaic: אֲלִּיתָה‎ f (ʾallīṯā), אֲלִּיתָא‎ f (ʾallīṯā)
  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אלייתה‎ f
  Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܠܝܬܐ‎ f
  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲלִיתָא‎ f (ʾalīṯā)
  Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡉࡕࡀ‎ f (alita)
- Hebrew: אַלְיָה‎ f (ʾalyā)
Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ላት (lat)
- Harari: ለት (lǟt)
- Silt'e: ላት (lāt)

References

Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7–8 No. 5