my / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root my: mem, Michael, mu.

my1

Northwest Semitic *mīy-, who?.

a. Michael, from Hebrew mîkāʔēl, who is like God? (kā, like + ʔēl, God; see ʔl);;
b. Micah, from Hebrew mîkâ, short for mîkāʔēl (see above) or mîkāyāh, who is like Yahweh (see hwy). Both a and b from Hebrew mî, who?.
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my2

(exact root shape uncertain). Common Semitic noun *mā̆ʔ-, *mā̆y-, water.

a. mem, from Hebrew mēm, mem;;
b. mu, from Greek mū, patterned to rhyme with nū, nu (see nwn). Both a and b from Phoenician *mēm, water, thirteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet, akin to Hebrew mayim, water.
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