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PWS
*bayna - between
(Arakelova 2001:45, Kogan 2015: 80)
An eventual relationship between the preposition *bayna and the PWS verbal root
*byn
‘to (be) separate(d)’ (DRS 62) is not in doubt (Kogan 2015: 80)
Words
Ebla
ba-na
- between
(VE 817; Krebernik 1983: 32; Archi 2002: 20; Tonietti 2005: 320)
Ugaritic
bn
- between, among
(DUL 227)
Phoenician
bn
- between, among, in the midst of, in; during, within
(DNWSI 152)
Hebrew
bēn
- between
(HALOT 123)
Hebrew
bayit
- between
(HALOT 129)
Old Aramaic
bny
- between, among, in the midst of, in; during, within
(DNWSI 152)
Official Aramaic
byn
- between, among, in the midst of, in; during, within
(DNWSI 152)
Palmyrean
bynwt
- between
(DNWSI 154)
Palmyrean
byny
- between, among, in the midst of, in; during, within
(DNWSI 153)
Nabataean
bny
- between
(DNWSI 152)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
bēn
- between
(DJPA 105)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
byn
- between
(DCPA 46)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
bēnē
- between
(DJBA 202)
Syriac
baynay
- between
(LSyr. 68, SL 141)
Mandaic
binat, binia, bit, abinia
- between, betwixt
(MD 61)
Arabic
bayna
- between, amidst, among
(Lane 287)
Sabaic
b(y)n
- between, among
(SD 34)
Minaean
byn
- entre, parmi, dans deux choses à la fois (between, among, in two things at the same time)
(LM 25)
Qatabanian
byn
- between
(LIQ 25)
Geez
bayna
- between
(CDG 116)
Tigre
əb-bäyən
- between
(WTS 295)
Mehri
əm-mɛn
- between
(ML 276)
Jibbali
mən mun
- between
(JL 177)
Harsusi
bēn
- between
(HL 22)
Soqotri
bin
- between
(
LS
85;
CSOL I
515;
CSOL II
433)