Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/-b

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

Suffix 1

*-b[1]

  1. Classifies animals as harmful

Derived terms

  • *dab- (“harmful large animal”)
  • *ǯiʔib- (“harmful scavenger animal”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic: *-b
  • Egyptian: -b
  • Proto-Semitic: *-b

Suffix 2

*-b[1]

  1. Denotes body parts
    Synonym: *-n

Derived terms

  • *dab(n)- (“hair”)
  • *lib- (“heart”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic: *-b
  • Proto-Semitic: *-b

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 18
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