Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/lib-

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

*lib-[1][2][3]

  1. heart

Alternative reconstructions

  • *lub-
  • *libw-

Descendants

  • Proto-Berber: *ulβ (see there for further descendants)
  • Cushitic:
  • Egyptian: jb (/⁠jib⁠/)
  • Proto-Semitic: *libb- (see there for further descendants)

See also

  • *nib- (“heart”)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*lib-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1668, page 362
  2. ^ 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 398
  3. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
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