Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kalb-

Etymology
Diakonoff argues that the *-b of the root is likely a fossilized nominal class suffix pertaining to “harmful animals”, comparing 🇨🇬 as well as, , and.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Descendants

 * East Semitic:
 * West Semitic:
 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Hadramautic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Hadramautic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Hadramautic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian: