Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2095

Proto-Semitic: *ḥamt_- > *ḥumt_- {} *ḥamč- > *ḥumč-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (lower) belly, uterus, womb

Akkadian: emšu, enšu, imšu 'hypogastric region' OB, SB [CAD e 153], 'Unterleib, Mutterleib' [AHw 215]

Hebrew: ḥōmäš 'belly' [KB 331]

Syrian Aramaic: ḥumšā 'abdomen, omassum' [Brock 242].

š points to *š {} *s, while t < *t_ {} *č is expected. Theoretically may be interpreted as Akkadism or Canaanism, but hardly so

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḥǝmŝ, ḥǝms 'uterus, womb' [LGz 234-235].

ŝ points to *ŝ {} *ĉ unless a graphic variant of s (this and other examples of SEM *t_ > GEZ ŝ are treated in [Voigt 105-6 et passim])

Tigre: ḥǝms 'pubes, abdomen' [LH 61]

Amharic: ǝms 'vulva, vagina' [K 1126]

Mehri: ḥamt_ 'belly from the navel down' [JM 182]

Jibbali: ḥamt_ 'lower belly' [JJ 112]

Harsusi: ḥamt_ 'lower belly, pubes' [JH 60]

Soqotri: ḥánt 'ventre' [LS 183] (n < *m before -t)

Notes: Phonetically a difficult case: only MSA forms definitely point to *-t_ as a third radical while reflexes in other language are either not indicative (AKK, HBR, MOD ETH) or irregular (ARM, GEZ).

Cf. ARB ḥamīš- 'graisse; obésité' [BK 1 492], with a plausible semantic shift, but with -š instead of the expected -t_.

Note MND himṣa 'belly, entrails' [DM 146] possibly related to AKK h_imṣu 'fatty tissue around the intestines; a growth on the skin' OB on [CAD h_ 192], [AHw 346].

[Fron 46] (*ḥumš- 'addome' /GEZ,SYR,HBR,AKK/); [Holma 87]: AKK, HBR, SYR, GEZ; [KB 331]: HBR, SYR, GEZ, TGR, AKK; [Brock 242]: SYR, HBR, GEZ, AKK; [LS 183]: SOQ, TGR (ḥanot, for which see *ḥann-, No. ); [LGz 234-35]: GEZ, ETH, MHR, HBR, AKK, SYR (discussion)