# \*dīšān- 'aurochs, antelope'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on, also written \*ditān-.

- Author's gloss: aurochs, wild ox; antelope
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/d/3785_aurochs_antelope.md

## In Linear A

- [DU-SU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-SU-NI/index.md>) (Dišon): personal name, 'antelope'

## Notes

HALOT 221 compares Akk. dit/dānu. 2293 *tayš- 'he-goat' discusses the pair as a doubtful parallel with d-. Not 346 *dVw/yVš- 'trample'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ditānu, didānu (CAD D 164) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: dîšôn, among the clean animals (Deut 14:5) (HALOT 221) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ditanum (Gelb AS 21, 17) (gloss withheld)

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