Note 210 — Chapter IV · PHONOLOGY AND SEMATOLOGY. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Recent researches seem to have shown that the parent-Semitic possessed two dentals, which may be written ṭ and ḍ, and are represented in Arabic by th and dh (ذ), and in Assyrian, Hebrew, and Ethiopic by s (sh) and z. Consequently the table of sound-shiftings will be—
Parent-Semitic. Arabic. Assyrian. Hebrew. Ethiopic. Aramaic.
ṭ th s sh s th
ḍ dh z z z d
t t t t t t (th)
d d d d d d
sh s s sh s s
s sh s s sh sh
´s s ´s ´s s sh