← Full root family
Root
z-y-t
Phoenician
↔
Classical Syriac
Both languages share identical consonants at this root —
𐤆-𐤉-𐤕
↔
z-y-t
. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.
Phoenician
phn
root: 𐤆-𐤉-𐤕
𐤆𐤉𐤕
noun
either olives or their oil
Classical Syriac
syc
root: z-y-t
ܙܝܬܐ
zaytā
noun
olive (tree and fruit)
Canonical root family:
z-y-t