*min: 'what?' 1, 'anything, whatever' 2

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*min
Meaning	'what?' 1, 'anything, whatever' 2
Basis	reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SED	SEDonline semet 3093

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	mīnu (CAD M/2 89; Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96); minummē 2 (CAD M/2 97)	CAD M/2 89; Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96; CAD M/2 97	gloss withheld
East Ethiopic	Wol mǝn
Geez	mǝnt <mǝ-ʔǝnta (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96)	Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96	gloss withheld
Gurage	Sod mǝn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96), Cha mǝr	Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96
Amharic	mǝn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96)	Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96
Epigraphic South Arabian	m
Harari	min (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96)	Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96
Syrian Aramaic	mǝnā (Payne Smith 281)	Payne Smith 281
Gafat	mǝn, mǝni
Argobba	mǝn
Tigrinya	mǝntay (mǝnǝw) (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96)	Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	mn (CUC; DULAT 553); mnm 2 (DULAT 556)	CUC; DULAT 553; DULAT 556	gloss withheld
Phoenician	mnm 2 (Krahmalkov 296; T 187)	Krahmalkov 296; T 187	gloss withheld
Punic	mnm 2, kl mnm 2 (Krahmalkov 296); mnm 2 (T 187)	Krahmalkov 296; T 187	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	mi-na, me/mi-ne-iš, me/mi-na-a /min/ 1; names mi-na-núm, mi-na-ì, mi-na-du, mi-na-il, mi-núm (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26); me/mi-nu-ma, gen. me/mi-ne-ma, acc. me-na-ma; me-na-ma-ma (= Sum. NÌ.NAM) /mīnumma/ 2 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26	gloss withheld
Tigre	mə, mi (LGz. 352)	LGz. 352	gloss withheld

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DULAT 556 derives Ugaritic mnm from mn + enclitic -m and compares Akkadian mīnummê and Phoenician mnm; Krahmalkov 296 compares Akkadian mīnumma.

Updated 26 October 2026