Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṣ́arrat-

Etymology
The term is not to be separated from the root’s meaning of “necessity”, the thought being that it was obligatory to take a woman as a wife under particular circumstances, namely when a married brother died without leaving issue, soon also after the root that the family suffered “damage”, which predicament of ill fate is the actual reason why the term bears a faint negative connotation to this day in Arabic, senses of “hostility” or “enmity” leading to the idea of a  not having developed unlike in 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 where they prevail.

Noun

 * 1)  co-wife

Descendants

 * East Semitic:
 * West Semitic:
 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
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