Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/ʕankab(īṯ)-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Noun

*ʕankab(īṯ)- m

  1. spider

Descendants

  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt), عَنْكَب (ʕankab), عَنْكَبَة (ʕankaba), عَنْكَبَاة (ʕankabāh), عُكَّاش (ʕukkāš) — uncertain
      • Maltese: għanqbut
      • → Middle Armenian: անքապութի (ankʻaputʻi), յանկապութիա (yankaputʻia, “retina”)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: عنكبوت
    • Northwest Semitic:

References

  • Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005), Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
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