TY - JOUR
AU - Rendsburg, Gary A
AB - This article proposes an etymology for the common Sabaic word  brṯ ‘place’, namely, via derivation from the nominalised prepositional phrase b‘in’ + ʾṯ r ‘place’, with two phonological shifts at play: (a) elision of the intervocalic glottal stop, and (b) metathesis of /ṯ / and /r/. 
TI - The Etymology of Sabaic brṯ‘place’*
JO - Journal of Semitic Studies
DO - 10.1093/jss/fgab033
DA - 2022-02-24
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-etymology-of-sabaic-br-place-s1wzpT0mMN
SP - 317
EP - 335
VL - 67
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -