Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/a-fuʔs

This Proto-Berber 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-Berber

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Chadic *pVs/c- (“hand”),[1] and Proto-Semitic *p-s-ʔ (“palm (of hand)”), whence Aramaic [script needed] (psʔ, “palm”).

Noun

*a-fuʔs m (plural *i-fʔass-ăn)

  1. hand

Descendants

  • Northern Berber:
    • Kabyle: afus
    • Atlas:
    • Zenati:
  • Eastern Berber: (Metathesized *a-ʔfus)
    • Ghadames: ófǝss
    • Nefusa: ufəs
  • Tuareg: ăfus
  • Western Berber:
    • Zenaga: ävuʔš
    • Tetserret: ofǝš

References

  • Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN
  1. ^ Olga Stolbova Chadic Lexical Database Issue VI: Labials b, f, p page :185 [[1]]
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