The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
d.
DEFINITION:
Common Semitic noun *ad-, father, lord. 1.Adonai, from Hebrew dôny, my lord, from dôn, lord. 2.Adonis, from Greek Adnis, from Phoenician *adn, lord. Both 1 and 2 from Common Semitic extended form *adn-, lord.
d.
dôn
y, my lord, from 
nis, from Phoenician *
