Words

ሰላም

sälam noun

peace, wellbeing, greeting

Still the ordinary greeting in both modern languages, unchanged.

Letter by letter

  1. ሰ sä
  2. ላ la
  3. ም mə

Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.

Root

ሰለም the three consonants this word is built on — Gəʿəz fits them into different patterns to make related words