Proto-Semitic root
*hadad-
‘thunder’
di Mino’s gloss: thunder; the storm god
Record 3186 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A4 entries
A-DUʾAddu / adûAddu/Haddu (heading)CandidateSemitic83DA-DU *307+*307Addu dubur-duburAddu's sanctuary (Storm God + doubled sanctuary sign)ProbableSemitic13DA-DU-KU-MI-NAʾAddu-kuminaAddu has sheltered (compound theophoric PN)SpeculativeSemitic1A-DU-NI-TA-NAʾAddu-nittānagiven by Addu (compound theophoric PN)CandidateSemitic1
Notes
PS *hadad- ‘thunder’ (Kogan 2011, 194: ‘probably’), preserved as the name of the storm god in Akkadian, Ebla and Ugaritic; Soq. šed with hypercorrect š-; Arb. and Tna. more marginal. Not 554 *hud- ‘break’ or 1107 *ḥVdVd- ‘forge’.
Reflexes11 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianadad, addu (Kogan 2011, 194)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticdʾà-da (Kogan 2011, 194)Hadda, from Arabic hadda: ᵈʾà-da a-ba-tiᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da ʾà-ta-niᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da ḫa-lamᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da lu-ubᵏⁱ (Antalík 1998, 38)Hadda of Ḫalab (Sallaberger 2018, 117)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic3
- Ugaritichd, hdd (Kogan 2011, 194)gloss withheld
- AmoriteHaddu, Hadu, Hadda, Hada, Hedda, Handa, Handu, DN (Gelb AS 21, 19)Addu, *Haddu, Northwest Semitic deity (Huffmon APNM 156)
- Hebrewהדד, in the name הֲדַד (HALOT 238)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabichāddat- (Kogan 2011, 194)
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian5
- Tigrehadud, hədud (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Mehrihəd (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Jibbalihid (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Soqotrišed (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Tigrinyahadädä (Kogan 2011, 194)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.