Proto-Semitic root

*ṣūṣ-

‘chick’ 1, ‘kind of bird’ 2

di Mino’s gloss: chick, young bird

Record 1146 ↗ · SED semet 1192 · Basis: SED, meaning edited

In Linear A1 entry

ZU-SUṢūṣupersonal name, 'chick'SpeculativeSemitic1

Notes

Tomback (T 280) compares J.Aram. ṣīṣaʾ ‘type of a bird of prey’ and Sam.Aram. ṣūṣ ‘young bird’.

Reflexes2 languages

Northwest Semitic1

Arabic1

  • Arabicṣūṣ-

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon