Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʕal-

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

*ʕal-[1][2]

  1. to rise, ascend, go up

Derived terms

  • *ʕal-uy
    • Proto-Berber: *aləy (< *ăHlŭy)
    • >? Egyptian: jꜥr
    • Proto-Semitic: *ʕaly- (see there for further descendants)
  • (possibly) *ʕal- ~ *laʕ- (“leaf, foilage”)
    • Proto-Berber: *e-la (< *a-lăH)
    • Cushitic:

References

  1. ^ Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 126), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 347
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*ʕal-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1060, page 238
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