Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/tül-

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

*tül-^[1]

to heap
hill

Alternative reconstructions

*-tǔul-^[2]
*tṷl

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *e-tǎwil
- Tamahaq: etəwel
Proto-Chadic: *tul-^[3]
- Hausa: tulluwa
Proto-Cushitic:
- Oromo: tulluu
- Sidamo: tullo
Egyptian: twꜣ
Proto-Omotic:
- Shekkacho: tuullo
- Yemsa: tuul
Proto-Semitic: *tall- (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*tül-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2429, page 509
^ 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 142
^ Stolbova, O. (2016). Chadic etymological dictionary. Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (IV RAN), page 322

[1] Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*tül-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2429, page 509

[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 142

[3] Stolbova, O. (2016). Chadic etymological dictionary. Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (IV RAN), page 322

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