Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Egyptian etymology :
Search within this database
Old Egyptian: ptt (l)
Meaning: 'scorpion'
Notes: Partial reduplication.
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,
Search within this database
Afroasiatic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVt-
Meaning: scorpion
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,
Search within this database
Semitic etymology :
Search within this database
Number: 2683
Proto-Semitic: *pa/itn-
Meaning: 'asp, adder'
Hebrew: pätän 'horned viper' (KB 990), pB. 'asp, adder' (Ja. 1255)
Judaic Aramaic: pitnā 'asp, adder' (Ja. 1255), ptn 'snake' (Sok. 456), Sam. ptn 'snake' (Tal 718)
Syrian Aramaic: patnā 'vipera, aspis' (Brock. 618), pattānā (PS 3345), N.-Syr. patnâ 'an asp, an adder' (M 261)
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-jud,semet-syr,
Search within this database
West Chadic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-WChadic: *fity-
Meaning: 'k. of snake'
Daffo-Butura: fityaw 'Schlangenart' Jng 1991 75
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dfb,
Search within this database
Central Chadic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-CChadic: *pVt-
Meaning: 'scorpion'
Higi Futu: ptù [Kr: 173]
Higi Baza: wtò [Kr: 143]
Higi Nkafa: tɛ̀, [Kr: 133]
Higi Ghye: pti, wti [Kr: 163]
Fali Kiria: ti [Kr: 183]
Kapsiki=Higi Kamale: pitɛ̀ [Kr: 153]
Notes: note the loss of the first sillable (*pVtV> ptV> wwtV . tV)< cp. *mt 'death'
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-hig,cchet-hib,cchet-hnk,cchet-hgh,cchet-fki,cchet-kap,cchet-notes,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
| Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | | 215842 | 2337634 |
| Help
|
| StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin |  | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|
