Proto-Semitic root

*śVkVr-

‘hire’

di Mino’s gloss: to hire; wage, reward; hireling

Record K0481 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A2 entries

A-SI-KI-RAha-Śikirapersonal name, 'the Hired' (article ha- + SI-KI-RA)SpeculativeSemitic1 SI-KI-RAŚikirapersonal name, 'Hired' (√ś-k-r 'to hire')SpeculativeSemitic1

Reflexes8 languages

Northwest Semitic6

AramaicSKR ‘reward’Anderson–Moser 2024 root śkr
Hebrewśakar ‘hire’ (BDB 968)Anderson–Moser 2024 root śkr
Ugariticškr (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 58)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root śkr
Punicškr ‘hire’Anderson–Moser 2024 root škr
Phoenicianškr (HALOT 1330)
Amoriteśkr (Huffmon APNM 245)śukru, yiśkur (Buck 2019, 332)S-k-r: aš-ku-ra-an, ia-aš/áš-ku-rum, aš/áš-ku-ur-ᵈIM (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 274)gloss withheld

Arabic1

Arabicškr (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 58)gloss withheld

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1

Geezśakara (LGz. 529)

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

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