Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ḥam-

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

*ḥam-[1][2]

  1. to be hot, burnt
  2. to be black, dark

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic: *ham- (see there for further descendants)
  • Egyptian: hm (“to burn; to be hot”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *ḥam-

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 371
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, pages 273, 326
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