Proto-Semitic root
*(ʾi-)šim-
‘name’
di Mino’s gloss: name; posterity
Record 621 ↗ · SED semet 602 · Basis: SED
In Linear A3 entries
Reflexes28 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianšum- (AHw 1274)
- Eblaiticsu-mu-um /šumum/ (VE 1144, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 684 apud SEDonline 37; Krebernik 1983, 40)/Sam/: names sa-ma, sá-ma, sá-musu-mu-um /Sum/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 249–250)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic10
- Mandaic Aramaicšum- (MD 454)
- Ugariticšm
- Biblical Aramaicšum (CAL s.v. šm)
- Phoenicianšm (T 321)gloss withheld
- Modern AramaicUrm šimm-
- Hebrewšēm
- Syrian Aramaicšǝm (Payne Smith 583)
- AramaicPal šēm, šwm (DJPA 555b apud CAL)
- Punicšm, šʿm (T 321)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root šm
- Amoritešum- (OLA80 §63.5)šumu (Buck 2019, 333)Sam: sa-mu-mu-ú, sa-mu-a-bi-im, ša-ma-bu-um (Ur III)Sim: cf. si-im-me-a-tar, si-mu (Ur III)Sum: su-ma-an, su-mu-mu, šu-mi-in-ni (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 249–250)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicʔism-
- Modern ArabicLeb ʔǝsǝm, Mec ism, Mlt isem
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South Arabians1m (Sabaweb lemma 5018)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian13
- Mehriham
- Soqotrišem
- Harsusihem
- Tigrešǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- East EthiopicWol sum
- Geezsǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- GurageCha šǝmSod sǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Jibbališum
- Amharicsǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Hararisum (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Gafatsǝmʷä
- Argobbasǝm
- Tigrinyasǝmšəm (OLA80 §14.9)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.