Proto-Semitic root
*wayn-
‘wine’, ‘grapes’
di Mino’s gloss: wine, vine, grapes
Record K0457 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
Culture word, identical with Hittite/Luwian wa-ia-na-, Greek Ϝοῖνος, Latin vīnum (OLA80 §65.5).
Reflexes13 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianīnu ‘wine’Anderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
Northwest Semitic7
- Aramaicyyn (DNWSI 455)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
- Hebrewyayin (Kogan 2011, 241)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
- Punicyn ‘wine’Anderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
- Ugariticyn (Kogan 2011, 241)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
- Amoriteyayn- (George and Krebernik 2022, 155)*yayn (Golinets 2025, 890)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianyn (Golinets 2025, 892)gloss withheld
- Canaaniteye-nu (Kogan 2011, 241; Golinets 2025, 892), Amm. yn (Golinets 2025, 892)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicwain (HALOT 409)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South Arabianwyn, yyn (HALOT 409)SAB QAT wyn (Kogan 2011, 241; Sabaweb lemma 3076)ʾwyn, ʾywn (SD 166)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3
- Geezwayn (Kogan 2011, 241)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root yyn
- Tigrinyawäyni (LGz. 623)gloss withheld
- Amharicwäyn (LGz. 623)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.