# \*sar: 'behind'

> Proto-Semitic *sar, 'behind': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## 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'.

## Linked from

- [S](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/s/index.md>)

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