Proto-Semitic en · PROPN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Semitic English Proto-Semitic From proto- + Semitic.
Meanings
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The protolanguage of Semitic languages, lacking historical records and known through hypothetical reconstructions.
We should not expect widespread multilingualism, but we have every reason to think that throughout this period some individuals were at home in both PIE and Proto-Semitic.
2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 15: