Proto-Semitic root
*ḳarḳar-
‘earth as a solid surface (ground)’
di Mino’s gloss: ground, floor
Record 3178 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
PS *ḳarḳar- ‘earth as a solid surface (ground)’ (Fronzaroli 1968: 271, 287, 298; Kogan 2011: 189 apud SEDonline 514).
Reflexes6 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianḳaḳḳaru (CAD Q 113; AHw. 900 apud SEDonline 514)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticcf. na-iš g[àr-ga-ri-im] /qaqqar, qarqar/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 351)/naʾiš qaqqarim/ (= Sum. níg-ki; MEE 4 116, restoring MEE 4 112 r. ii) (Civil 2017, 78 n. 14, 125)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic2
- Hebrewḳarḳaˁ (HALOT 1148 apud SEDonline 514)pB. ḳarḳārā (Jastrow 1427 apud SEDonline 514)gloss withheld
- Judaic AramaicJPA ḳrḳˁ (DJPA 507 apud SEDonline 514)JBA ḳarḳˁā (DJBA 1046 apud SEDonline 514)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicqarqar- (LA 5 100 apud SEDonline 514)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Soqotriḳárḳɛhɛr (LS 387; SLOnline 7838)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.