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PCS
*ˀmr - to say
(Kogan 2015: 233, 331)
Proto-MSA
*ˁmr
‘to say’ is hard to separate from this root in spite of the irregular *ˁ-.
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PS
*ˀmr
- to see
(Kogan 2015: 331)
For semantic shift in PCS
*ˀmr
- ‘to say, to command’ see Moscati 1946: 125, Albright 1954: 229; Kogan 2015: 331. For possible semantic parallels in Indo-European v. Buck 1949:1257, Rundgren 1963:181
Words
Ugaritic
ˀamr
- order, demand
(DUL 72)
Hebrew
ˀmr
- to say; to think; to intend; to give orders
(HALOT 65)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˀmr
- to say, tell
(DJBA 140)
Syriac
ˀmr
- to say; to suppose, consider; to order
(LSyr. 26, SL 57)
Mandaic
amr
- to say, speak
(MD 23)
Turoyo
ˀmr
- I. sagen (to say)
(RW 175)
Arabic
ˀmr
- to order, to command
(Lane 95)
Minaean
ˀmr
- ordonner (to order, direct)
(LM 5)
Qatabanian
ˀmr
- to command, to proclaim
(LIQ 13)