The Proto-Semitic word nwr
Word nwr
Meaning light, to shine
Synonyms nīr, nūr

Comments
Kaye, Alan S. "Christopher Ehret. Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary", University of California 1995

Other words that might be of interest
θ̣lm ‘black, darkness’, nVgVh ‘shine’, ġarb ‘sunset, evening’, ṯ̣il(l) ‘shadow’, ʾiš ‘fire’, śamš ‘sun’