Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʒin-

This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Afroasiatic

Root

*ʒin-[1]

  1. blood
    Synonym: *dam-

Descendants

  • Berber:
    • Tuareg:
      • Tamahaq: ahni
      • Tamasheq: ašni
      • Tawellemmet: azni
      • Tayert: ezni
  • Chadic:
    • West Chadic:
      • Hausa–Gwandara (A.1):
        • Hausa: jinī
        • Gwandara: (dialects)
          • Arabishi: jin
          • Garaku: zini, d͡zɪnɜŋ
          • Gitata: jɨn
          • Gwagwa: jini
          • Karshi: jáni
          • Nimbia: jini
  • Egyptian: znf (see there for further descendants)

Notes

In light of Egyptian znf, Vycichl (1983) suggested the Berber form originally had a third radical -f, he gave an analogy in Kabyle teɣzi (“length”) vs. iɣzif (“to be long”).

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*ǯin-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 832, page 546
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