Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/warḫ-

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) moon
 * 2) month

Reconstruction notes
Huehnergard reconstructs this item as *wariḫ-, with the unbound form *wariḫum alternating with the bound form *warḫu. The semantic extension from "moon" to "month" is comparable to those of and, since the moon's orbital period was used for defining a month.

Descendants

 * East Semitic:
 * West Semitic:
 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Western Middle Aramaic:
 * Eastern Middle Aramaic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Arabic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * North Ethiopian:
 * South Ethiopian:
 * Amharic–Argobba:
 * Gurage:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * Canaanite:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Arabic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * North Ethiopian:
 * South Ethiopian:
 * Amharic–Argobba:
 * Gurage:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * North Ethiopian:
 * South Ethiopian:
 * Amharic–Argobba:
 * Gurage:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * Amharic–Argobba:
 * Gurage:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬
 * – if not instead cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, or to 🇨🇬