1. "Proto-Semitic" belongs to the realm of the legends.
2. The root עשש for עש is an invention by extension.
3. "Akkadian" is the language of beguiling, made-up, dictionaries. We
should stick, methinks, to what we know, and what we can verify,
first hand.
3. Appears to me that עש A$ is one of the family of words:
עד ED, Gen. 31:48
עז EZ, Lev. 17:3
עץ EC, Gen. 1:11
עש A$, Is. 51:8
עיט AYIT, Gen. 15:11
עיש AYI$, Iob 38:32
סס SAS, Is. 51:8
סוס SUS, Gen. 49:17
סיס SIYS, Jer. 8:7
זיז ZIYZ, Ps. 80:14(13)
ציץ CIYC, Is. 40:6
איש IY$, Gen. 2:24
צי CIY, Is. 13:21
שה SEH, Gen. 30:32
תאו TO, Deut. 14:5
תיש TAYI$, Gen. 32:15
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 21, 2013, at 8:51 PM, J. Leake wrote:
David, to help your search, be aware that the second/third root
letter of עש 'aš - 'moth' - is from the proto-Semitic θ /th/
which becomes t in Aramaic, s in Ethiopic (and doubtless Amharic
from there) and š in Canaanite and Akkadian. What a pleasing
conceit that the moth should fall into the fire...
Akkadian has ašašu according to CAD which appears in a lexical
list with the common word for moth, sassu/sāsu, as a gloss. And
Hebrew sasסס is a synonym for עש, isn't it? The case is looking
strong for moth, isn't it!
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