Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaṯar-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*ʔaṯar-

footstep, trace

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒆠 (ašrum, “place, region”)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace”)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic: אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “place, region”)
      - Classical Syriac: ܐܰܬܪܳܐ (ʾaṯrā, “place, region”)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: אֲשֶׁר ('ashér, ʾăšer, a relativizer)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎗 (ảṯr /⁠ʾaṯru⁠/)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Ge'ez: አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige”)