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Root s-m-y

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Amharic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —s-m-y↔ s-m-y. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-m-y
  • סמיverb
    to be blind
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Amharic

am
root: s-m-y
  • ሳማsammanoun
    nettle (Urtica simensis)
  • ሰማይsämaynoun
    heaven
  • ሰማያዊsämayawiadj
    blue
Canonical root family: s-m-y