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PS
*šamn- - fat, oil
(SED I No. 248)
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Akkadian
šamnu
- oil, fat
(CAD Š₁ 321, AHw. 1157)
Ebla
sa-ma-nu ṭa-bù
- Sum. Ì.DU₁₀
(VE 883; Krebernik 1983: 34)
Ugaritic
šmn, šmt
- fat; vegetable oil
(DUL 827–829)
Phoenician
šmn
- oil
(Tomback 1978: 323)
Hebrew
šämän
- vegetable oil; fat
(HALOT 1567–1569)
Official Aramaic
šmn
- oil
(DNWSI 1163)
Demotic Aramaic
šmn
- to become fat
(DNWSI 1265)
Palmyrean
šmn
- oil
(DNWSI 1163)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
šwmn
- fat
(DJPA 541)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
šumnā
- fat, fatness
(DJBA 1120)
Syriac
šumnā
- fat
(LSyr. 786, SL 1574)
Mandaic
šamina, šumna
- fat
(MD 443, 455)
Maalula
šomna
- Butter
(GNDM 91)
Arabic
samn-
- (clarified) butter
(Lane 1432)
Jibbali
šẽn
- fat, fatness
(JL 262)
The exact meaning remains to be ascertained. May be connected to PS *šamn-