Proto-Semitic root

*dirk-

‘road; tread’ 1, ‘rule, power’ 2, ‘to pursue, overtake’ 3

di Mino’s gloss: to tread, trample; road, way; power

Record 2639 ↗ · SED semet 3174 · Basis: SED, meaning edited

In Linear A1 entry

U-DI-RI-KIu-dirikconjunction u- "and" + dirik "way, path"—Hebrew derek דֶּרֶךְ, Akkadian darāku "to tread"CandidateSemitic1

Notes

Tomback (T 75) compares B.Heb. derek ‘power’ (Prov. 31:3). DULAT 279 sets Ug. drkt beside Arab. darak ‘attaining, overtaking’. Biella 85 compares Arabic daraka ‘reach, overtake someone by pursuit’.

Reflexes10 languages

Northwest Semitic8

Mandaic Aramaicdirka 1 (MD 109)
Phoeniciandrk
Hebrewdäräk
Ugariticdrk (Tropper UG 120)drkt 2 (DULAT 279)gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicdrek 'tread, tread outarriveovertake' (Payne Smith 97)
Judaic Aramaicdarkaʾ (T 76)derak (T 75)gloss withheld
AramaicEmp. drk (T 75)gloss withheld
PunicN.Pu. drk 2 (T 75)gloss withheld

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Epigraphic South ArabianSab ydrkhmw 3 (Biella 85)hdrkhmw 3 (Biella 86)drk 3hdrk 3 (SD 36)gloss withheld

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1

Geez(?) daraka, madrak (LGz. 142)gloss withheld

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