*mwt: 'plague, pestilence'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*mwt
Meaning	'plague, pestilence'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	mūtānu (CAD M/2 296)	CAD M/2 296	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	mawtānā 'plague, pestilence, mortality' (Payne Smith 260)	Payne Smith 260
Arabic	mūtān, mawtān 'death, a mortal disease, a murrain, that befalls camels or sheep; the like among men' (Lane 2742)	Lane 2742

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Notes

Noun of 945 *mw/yt 'to die'; cf. 2759 *māwit- 'death'. Kaufman 1974, 57, 74 does not take Common Aramaic mwtnʾ as a loan: Syr. mawtānā is hard to explain as a loanword, and the Akkadian distribution points to a possible Amorite origin. Sab mwtn 'death' (Biella 270) is mwt with the article.

Updated 26 October 2026

*mwt: 'plague, pestilence'

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