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Root m-w-t

Amharic Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —m-w-tm-w-t. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Amharic

am
root: m-w-t
  • ሙትmutadj
    dead
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Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: m-w-t
  • מוּתmūṯverb tg. Onk. Gen 3:4
    masculine singular imperative of מִית (mīṯ)
  • מותאnoun tg. Onk. Exod 9:3
    death
  • מותבאnoun tg. Jon. 1 Kgs 10:19
    site, settlement, location
Canonical root family: m-w-t