SEDonline
Semitic Etymological Database
Words
Reconstructions
About
Abbreviations
References
Ugaritic
ˀamṣ - strong
(DUL 74)
Reconstruction
PC
*ˀmṣ
- to be strong
(Kogan 2015: 281)
Cf. perhaps (with DRS 23) Arb.
ˀmḍ
‘to be strongly resolved’ It is also tempting to compare Akk.
emēṣu
‘to be hungry’, assuming the meaning shift “strength” > “hardship, hunger” illustrated by Akk. dannatu ‘hunger’ <
dannu
‘hard, strong’