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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
Lower-level reconstructions
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-.
Words
Akkadian
amāru
- to see
(CAD A₂ 5, AHw. 40)
Ugaritic
ˀmr
- to look at
(DUL 71)
Hebrew
ˀmr
- to see
(HALOT 65–67)
Arabic
tuˀmur-
- sign, mark
(Lane 97)
v. Moscati 1946: 124, Rundgren 1963: 182
Arabic
ˀamarat-
- sign, mark
(Lane 97)
v. Moscati 1946: 124, Rundgren 1963: 182