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> The vocabulary is heavily Arabic, then Amharic and finally a small
> amount of pure Hebrew words. Where a cognate is found, I am trying to
> use that (such as d-m for blood in all three or q-r-b for near in
> Arabic & Amharic). Otherwise, the vocabulary is pretty random:
>
> t-l-q - big - from Amharic
> k-t-b - write - from Arabic
> r-g-l - foot, leg - from Hebrew
>
> Since this is the very very beginning of this project, I'll need a
> lot of info...
One of useful sources of Semitic roots
is the list of Semitic roots borrowed into English.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Semitic Roots Index
http://bartleby.com/61/Sroots.html
(There is 411 roots.)
Worth of reading is also:
"Proto-Semitic Language and Culture"
http://bartleby.com/61/10.html
P.A.