N. half n. “seashell” (Category: Horn (animal))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seashell” derived from primitive ᴹ✶syalmā under the root ᴹ√SYAL (Ety/SYAL).
Reference ✧ Ety/SYAL ✧ “seashell”
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶syalmā > half | [sjalmā] > [sjalma] > [j̊alma] > [xalma] > [xalm] > [halm] > [halv] | ✧ Ety/SYAL |