Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/birk-

Etymology
From. Probably cognate with 🇨🇬 considering metathesis. See there for further cognates.

Noun

 * 1) knee

Reconstruction notes
In Common Semitic there was a metathetic root formed, which yielded *ruk(u)b-at- "knee" (cf. Arabic ), both of which had reflexes preserved in Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopic (Ge'ez).

Inflection
Masculine:

Femenine:

Descendants

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