# \*wVdVy-: 'throw'

> Proto-Semitic *wVdVy-, 'throw': reflexes in 8 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>) › [W](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*wVdVy- |
| Meaning | 'throw' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | wadaya 'add' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdy |  |
| Hebrew | yadah 'throw' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdy |  |
| Ugaritic | ydy 'throw' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdy |  |
| Arabic | ʾawdā (wdy) (LGz. 605) | LGz. 605 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | ʾāḏi, yəḏi (LGz. 605) | LGz. 605 |  |
| Tigre | wäda (LGz. 605) | LGz. 605 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | wädäyä (LGz. 605) | LGz. 605 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | dawdû (CAD D 14, AHw. 148, SAD 2 2 apud Kogan 2025, 3) | CAD D 14, AHw. 148, SAD 2 2; Kogan 2025, 3 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Kogan 2025, 3–4 traces Akk. dawdû to \*tawdium (&gt; \*dawdium by assimilation), a taPRīS of \*wdy 'to cast, to eject', originally "expelling, throwing down (the enemy)"; since the form breaks Akkadian phonology and derivation (\*tādûm or tūdûm expected), he takes it as an early, partly adapted WS loanword.

## Linked from

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

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