# \*šan-: 'year' 1, 'year of drought' 2

> Proto-Semitic *šan-, 'year' 1, 'year of drought' 2: reflexes in 16 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-02.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šan- |
| Meaning | 'year' 1, 'year of drought' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1089 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | san-at- (Lane 1449) | Lane 1449 |  |
| Mehri | senēt |  |  |
| Soqotri | sanah |  |  |
| Akkadian | šattu (AHw 1201) | AHw 1201 |  |
| Harsusi | senet |  |  |
| Ugaritic | šnt |  |  |
| Phoenician | šnt (Krahmalkov 484) | Krahmalkov 484 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šanā |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | šatt- |  |  |
| Aramaic | šnh (DNWSI 1170) | DNWSI 1170; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šnt | gloss withheld |
| Punic | št 'year' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root šnt |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | šattā, šənā (HALOT 1600) | HALOT 1600 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*šənā (HALOT 1600) | HALOT 1600 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | s₁nyn (Kogan 2011, 197) | Kogan 2011 197 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic snt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 122); Dadanitic snt; Taymanitic snt; Hismaic snt; Hasaitic snt; Safaitic snt 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 134) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 122; Al-Jallad 2026 134 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | ša-ni-ta /šan(a)t/ 1 (gloss to MU, EA 362:66) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 256) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 256 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Al-Jallad (2026, 134) compares Arabic sanah 'drought, barren year' (Lane 1448).

## Linked from

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

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