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PArm
*ḥiwy- - snake
(Kogan 2015:394)
See also PWS *ḥyw ‘to live’ and Arb. ḥayyat- ‘snake’. For the semantic development “animal” > “snake” v. extensively SED II No. 159 and Kogan 2015:300.
Words
Old Aramaic
ḥwh
- serpent
(DNWSI 353)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥäwyā
- snake
(DJPA 197)
Syriac
ḥewyā
- snake
(LSyr. 220, SL 424)
Maalula
ḥūya
- snake
(GNDM 34)
Mlaḥso
ḥevyo
- Schlange (snake)
(Jastrow 1994:178)
Turoyo
ḥawyo
- männliche Schlange (male snake)
(RW 214)
Not the basic word for the concept ‘snake’ in Ṭuroyo, see Barsky et. al 2018:100.