Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/baśar-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Semitic

Noun

*baśar- m

flesh, human body

Descendants

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: بَشَر‎ (bašar, “human; skin”)
  - → Persian: بشر‎ (bašar)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡎𐡓‎ (bsr)
  
  Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡡𐡵𐡴‎ (bšr)
  
  Biblical Aramaic: בְּשַׂר‎ (bəśar)
  
  Classical Syriac: ܒܣܪܐ‎ (besrā)
  
  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בישרא‎ (bīśrā), ביסרא‎ (bīsrā)
- Canaanite:
  - Hebrew: בָּשָׂר‎ (bāśā́r)
  - Phoenician: 𐤁𐤔𐤓‎ (bšr)
    - Punic: 𐤁𐤔𐤓‎ (bšr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎌𐎗 (bšr)
- Ancient South Arabian:
  - Sabaean: 𐩨𐩦𐩧‎ (bs²r)
Ethiopian Semitic:
- Sebat Bet Gurage: በሰር (bäsär)
- Harari: በሰር (bäsär)
→ Akkadian: 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (/bišru/) (uncertain meaning; hapax which is seemingly mislabelled)

References

Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 38-40
Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 112

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