Proto-Semitic root
*šam(a)n- / *sam(a)n-
‘fat (also oil)’
di Mino’s gloss: fat, oil; fatness
Record 2014 ↗ · SED semet 2205 · Basis: SED
After the slash, the same reconstruction in SED’s alternative notation.
In Linear A4 entries
*188-*308buṭnu šamniterebinth oil, the Pistacia product *188 with *308 'pressed oil'CandidateSemitic1*308šamnupressed oil, oil derivative—commodity modifier indicating oil extraction from base…ProbableSemitic103DA-SA-MU-NEʾAšmūnEshmun (healing deity)ProbableSemitic13DOLEšamnu 'oil, olive oil'ProbableSemitic63D
Reflexes14 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianšamnu (NA also šamanu) OB on [CAD š1 321], [AHw 1157]gloss withheld
- Eblaiticsa-ma-nu (OLA80 §29.5; VE 883; Krebernik 1983, 34)sa-ma-nu da-bù /Samn//Sammun/: name sa-mu-nu/Summun/: names zu-mu-na, zu-mu-na-nu/Sammanūt, Sammunūt/: names sa-ma-nu-du, sa-mu-nu-du, ša-mu-nu-du (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 254)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic9
- Mandaic Aramaicšamina, šumna [DM 443, 455]gloss withheld
- Ugariticšmn [Aist 309]šmn /Šamnu/ DN, oil deified, l šmn (KTU 1.164:9; Pardee 2002, 75, 283), later Eshmun (DULAT 817)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianšmn [T 323]gloss withheld
- Modern AramaicMAL šomna [Berg 91] MMND šamīna [M MND 502, 521]gloss withheld
- Hebrewšämän (HALOT 1567, 1568).gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicšǝman (šumnā) [Ja 1536, 1597]šwmn [DJPA 541a apud CAL]gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicšumnā ‘fat, fatness’ [Brock 786]
- AramaicOFF PLM šmn [HJ 1163]gloss withheld
- Punicšmn (Krahmalkov 470)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicsamn- ‘fat’ [BK 1 1143].
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic smn (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 122)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Jibbališɛ̃n [JJ 262]gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.