Open AccessTwo nostratic etymologies
Author(s) -
Alemko Gluhak
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.134
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2350-420X
pISSN - 0024-3922
DOI - 10.4312/linguistica.24.1.449-453
Subject(s) - linguistics , history , philosophy
1. *qamA "dry, warm" In my earlier paper I reconstructed the Nostratic word *qamA "dry, warm"; this etymological nest can be enlarged with some new examples: AA: Sem. *hmm "to be warm": Hebr. hām "warm", Ugar. hm, Syr. hammīmā, Akkad. emmu, Arab. hāmm; Eg. bmm "to be warm, to be hot" , Kopt. (Saĭd.) hmom "to become warm”;