Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mašk-

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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *masak-. Compare Egyptian mskꜣ (skin, hide, leather) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ (aksum, skin, hide).

Noun

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*mašk- m

  1. skin

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒋢 (maškum, skin, leather)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: مَسْك (mask, recently cut hide of a lamb or a kid)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַשְׁכָּא (maškā, skin, leather), absolute state מְשַׁךְ (mšaḵ)
          Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: משך (mšk, hide, skin, leather)
          Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡔𐡊 (mšk, skin, hide)
          Palmyrene: 𐡬𐡵𐡪 (mšk, skin, hide)
          • Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡉࡔࡊࡀ (miška, skin), (sporadically) ࡌࡀࡔࡊࡀ (maška)
          • Modern Aramaic: ܡܫܟܐ (meškā, skin), ܡܫܟܐ (miška, skin)
          • Classical Syriac: ܡܶܫܟܴ݁ܐ (meškā, skin, hide; leather; peel; tribute)
          • Ancient Greek: μέσκος (méskos, skin, fleece) (or from another descendant)
          • Old Armenian: մաշկ (mašk, skin, hide)
          • Old Persian: 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (m-š-k-a /⁠maškā-⁠/, (inflated) skin) (or from another descendant)
            • Middle Persian: [script needed] (mšk' /⁠mašk⁠/, mussuck, skin bag)
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: מֶשֶׁךְ (méshekh, méšeḵ, leather pouch) (with a meaning shift)

References

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  • Tower of Babel
  • mšk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012) “Skin”, in Mandaic Dictionary: English Mandaic, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 239
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, No. 190
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 260
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 311