Wiktionary:About Proto-Semitic

Proto-Semitic is the reconstructed ancestor of all Semitic languages, old as well as modern. It is a descendant of Proto-Afroasiatic.

Consonants
Note that ⟨*š⟩ stands for *, whereas ⟨*s⟩ stands for *, and that ⟨*ḥ⟩ is not an emphatic ⟨*h⟩. Elsewhere, an underdot denotes an emphatic consonant and an underline a fricative consonant.

Vowels
The short vowels are *a, *i, and *u; the long vowels are *ā, *ī, and *ū. A vowel of unknown quality can be given as *V (short) or *V̄ (long).

Entry name
Nominal, adjectival and verbal entries should just be the root followed by a hyphen, e.g..

Reliability
Proto-Semitic entries should always provide inherited reflexes in East and West Semitic. If the Western branch provides attestation but not the Eastern (Akkadian and Eblaite), the entry must be created as Proto-West Semitic.

Templates
Nouns should use in the headword line, and  to show inflection. If the plural stem is known, it must be indicated in both templates using the pl= parameter. Adjectives should show inflection with.

Descendants
When descended in the usual, linear fashion, descendants may be listed in the following order for consistency. The former contains only the most frequent languages; the latter is the full tree.

Most frequent tree

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

Full tree

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