Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/dac-

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 1

*dac-[1][2]

  1. flint knife

Reconstruction notes

The phoneme *c (instead of *s) is reconstructed on the basis of the related *-dac- ("to cut, chop"), where it is attested in West Chadic and Central Chadic.

Descendants

  • >? Proto-Berber: *te-mu-ḍaz-t, *ti-mu-ḍaz (“scissors”)
    • Awjila: təmiṭàst
    • Tuareg: timuḍah
  • Chadic:
    • Proto-East Chadic: *das-
  • Egyptian: ds

Root 2

*-dac- (intransitive *-duc-)

  1. (transitive) to cut, chop

Descendants

  • Egyptian: ds
  • Chadic:
    • West Chadic:
      • Hausa: datsa
    • Central Chadic:
      • Lagwan: dəsə
    • East Chadic:

From intransitive *-duc-

  • Zaar:
    • Zeem: ducə ("to kill")

References

  1. ^ 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, § 611, page 140
  2. ^ Diakonoff, I. M. (1992). Proto-Afrasian and Old Akkadian: A study in historical phonetics (Journal of Afroasiatic Languages, 4[1/2]). Princeton, NJ: Institute of Semitic Studies, page 17
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