Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruk-

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

*ruk-[1]

  1. (intransitive) to bend

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic: *ruk- (“to turn”)
    • Somali: ruug (“kneecap”)
  • Egyptian: rkrk (“to creep”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *rakb-

See also

  • *-gʷar- (“to turn”)
  • *-gʷĭl- (“to bend, turn (intr.)”)

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 447
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