Where does “*ʕalay-” come from?

*ʕalay- (Proto-West Semitic) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- — on, on top of.

Ancestry of “*ʕalay-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʕalay-on, on top of

Words derived from “*ʕalay-

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-
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