*/Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>/* wrote:
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"...I can find a number of examples of semantic shift between cognates
within the Semitic triliteral system. A simple one is "shalom" = "peace"
(Hebrew) and "salaam" = "greetings" (Arabic). Semantically linked, of
course, but the Arabic meaning is significantly weakened"....
Two comments:
A. In Arabic too the root can clearly mean peace;( look up under "salaam", but also "silm");
B. In both languages the original meaning was probably "completeleness, fullness"; (again you'll find examples in both languages).
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