*kasp-: 'silver'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*kasp-
Meaning'silver'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 334

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadiankaspu
Ugariticksp (DULAT 458); /kaspu/ (UVST 139)DULAT 458; UVST 139gloss withheld
Phoenicianksp (DNWSI 524); ksp (T 147)DNWSI 524; T 147gloss withheld
Punicksp; hksp (Krahmalkov 238)Krahmalkov 238gloss withheld
Hebrewkäsäp
Syrian Aramaickespā (HALOT 490; Payne Smith 221)HALOT 490; Payne Smith 221
Aramaickspʾ (T 147)T 147
Judaic Aramaickaspaʾ (T 147)T 147
Mandaic Aramaickaspaʾ (T 147)T 147
Eblaitic/kasp/: name bù-KÙ:BABBAR, bù-KÙ:BABBAR!(AN) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 324)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 324gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaickəsap (HALOT BArm. s.v. כְּסַף)HALOT BArm. s.v. כְּסַףgloss withheld

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Notes

Samalian, Old, Official and Palmyrene Aramaic ksp, Amm. ksp (DNWSI 524), CPA ksp (DCPA 96), JPA, JBA kspˀ (DJPA 265; DJBA 593) and Mnd. kaspa (MD 199) 'silver, money', apud SEDonline 2008, an areal *kasp- 'silver' under PS *ksp 'to break'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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