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Arabic
ˀabyaḍ- - white
(Lane 282)
may be internally derived from bayḍ- ‘egg’; it is also tempting to compare it to Gez. beṣā, Amh. bəč̣a ‘yellow’
Reconstruction
PCS
*byṣ̂
- to be white, bright, yellow
(Kogan 2015: 175)
see also
*bayṣ̂-at-
- ‘egg’