Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/dam-

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

*dam-^[1]^[2]

blood
Synonym: *ʒin-

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *i-damm-ăn m pl (see there for further descendants)
Chadic:
- West Chadic:
  - Bole-Tangale (A.2):
    - Bole: dom
    - Kanakuru: dom
    - Maaka: dom
    - Beele: dom
    - Tangale: tom
  - Bade-Warji (B.1):
    - Ngizim: dədəm
Omotic:
- Kafa: dammo
- Shekkacho: damo
Proto-Semitic: *dam- (see there for further descendants)

Related terms

[Term?] (“red”)
- Cushitic:
  - Awngi: ድሚ
  - Oromo: diimaa
  - Kw'adza: dimayi-
- Egyptian: jdmj (“fine red linen”)

Notes

This root is not found in Egyptian, which reflects *ʒin-, a second root for blood, with Egyptian znf (also found in Hausa jinī).

References

^ 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 132
^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*dam-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 369, page 147

[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 132

[2] Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*dam-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 369, page 147

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