*spp: 'threshold, doorframe'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*spp
Meaning'threshold, doorframe'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewsap (HALOT 763)HALOT 763gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicseppā 'doorpost, sill, threshold, porch' (Payne Smith 385)Payne Smith 385
Judaic Aramaicsippā (HALOT 763)HALOT 763gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicsîpā (HALOT 763)HALOT 763
Akkadiansippu A (CAD S 300)CAD S 300gloss withheld

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Notes

CAD S 300 marks sippu "Sum. lw.(?)"; Kaufman 1974, 92 takes it as cognate to Aramaic sippā, Hebrew sap and Phoenician sp, and rejects Salonen's Sumerian etymology. Hebrew hitpolel histôpēp 'to lie on the threshold' (HALOT 765). Not 311 *sapp- 'bowl'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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