Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/rayam-

Etymology
From, cognate to 🇨🇬, perhaps 🇨🇬. With Nöldeke the Semitic *rayam- is paired with a  since we have together with  and Aramaic and Ugaritic show prefix conjugation with both middle -ū- and -ī- in their verb “to get up”, Hebrew only -ū-. Another variant is pointed at by 🇨🇬 and the variant prefix conjugation form in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and maybe there is a relation to the not infrequent 🇨🇬; another possible variant is ; / , ; and lastly maybe even 🇨🇬 is related, together or without 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to be high, to be raised, to be on top

Descendants

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