Where does “maʾ-” come from?

maʾ- (Proto-Semitic) comes from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

maʾ- (Proto-Semitic): water; *maʾ-/*may-

Definitions

  1. water; *maʾ-/*may-

Ancestry of “maʾ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- →