# \*wld: 'offspring, descendants, generations' > Proto-Semitic *wld, 'offspring, descendants, generations': reflexes in 6 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [W](). Updated 2026-10-26. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*wld | | Meaning | 'offspring, descendants, generations' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | tālittu (CAD T 96; AHw 1310) | CAD T 96; AHw 1310 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | tôlēdôt (pl.) (HALOT 1699–1700) | HALOT 1699–1700 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | tawledtā 'generation, descent, origin, race, kindred' (Payne Smith 607) | Payne Smith 607 | | | Geez | təwlədd, tawlədd, tulaidd (for təwləd-t, tawləd-t, tulaid-t) (LGz. 613) | LGz. 613 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | du-la-ti, du-la-ti-SÙ, du-la-ti-su-ma /tawladt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351 | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic tld (Al-Jallad 2026, 166) | Al-Jallad 2026 166 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes t-noun of 2109 \*wld 'to bear': CAD T 96 files tālittu (from OB on) with 'cf. alādu'; HALOT 1699 sets Akk. tālittu and Syr. tauledtā beside tôlēdôt, and LGz. 613 files Geez təwlədd (for təwləd-t) under wld. Sab tld (SD 147) is 'birth'. Al-Jallad (2026, 166) sets Safaitic tld beside Arabic tilād 'long-possessed animals' (Lane 312) and Sab tld '(servant) born in the house …; likewise, (animal) so born'. ## Linked from - [W]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/3660_offspring_descendants_generations/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.