Proto-Semitic root

*šdm

‘terrace’ 1, ‘field, territory’ 2

di Mino’s gloss: terrace, field

Record 4410 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A1 entry

SA-*305-MIšadmiterrace, terraced field (a counted entry)SpeculativeSemitic1

Notes

HALOT 1422 derives the noun from a root šdm of lost meaning, not from šd + mt ‘field of death’; DULAT 799 calls the šd + mt etymology uncertain.

Reflexes2 languages

Northwest Semitic2

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

Linear A Lexicon