Proto-Semitic root
*šint-
‘acacia’
di Mino’s gloss: acacia
Record 3629 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
A loanword from Egyptian šnd.t, Coptic šonte (HALOT 1473). Hebrew place names: Beth-Shittah (Judg 7:22), Abel-Shittim (Num 33:49). Not 731 *ṭal(V)ḥ- ‘acacia’.
Reflexes4 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianšamṭu, šanṭu, samṭu (HALOT 1473)
Northwest Semitic2
- Hebrewšiṭṭâ, pl. šiṭṭîm (HALOT 1473)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicpl. šṭyn (HALOT 1473)
Arabic1
- Arabicsanṭ (HALOT 1473)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.