*sar: 'behind'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*sar
Meaning	'behind'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline 1516

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Mehri	sār (ML 351 apud SEDonline 1516)	ML 351; SEDonline 1516	gloss withheld
Jibbali	sér (JL 231 apud SEDonline 1516)	JL 231; SEDonline 1516	gloss withheld
Modern South Arabian	Bathari serānə, ser (Gasparini - Morris 2025 155 apud SEDonline 1516)	SEDonline 1516	gloss withheld
Soqotri	sɛr (LS 290–291; CSOL I 644; CSOL II 577; Naumkin et al. 2015a:84; Naumkin–Kogan 2021:527 apud SEDonline 1516)	LS 290–291; SEDonline 1516	gloss withheld

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Notes

Proto-MSA *sar 'behind' (SEDonline 1516). Kogan excludes PS *ʾaṯar- 'trace' for phonological reasons, finds far-fetched the comparison with Arb. sarīr- 'the part where the head rests upon the neck', sarāt- 'back' and Amh. säräsär 'vertebra, spinal cord' made in SED I No. 253, and suggests Hbr. swr 'to turn aside', from 'to turn back' (Kogan 2015:569 apud SEDonline 1516). Cf. 2947 *š/sar- 'vertebral column, backbone'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*sar: 'behind'

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