Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/e-ɣăst

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

From earlier *ā-ḳăst, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳas- (“bone”). Compare Egyptian qs, Proto-Chadic *ḳas-. Within Pan-Berber, compare Guanche chaso in chaso n-amet "the big bone".

Noun

*e-ɣăst m (plural *i-ɣəst-an)

bone

Descendants

Northern Berber:
- Kabyle: iɣess
- Atlas:
  - Medieval Tashelhit: ايغسّ (iɣess, “bone”)
    - Tashelhit: ixss, iɣs, iɣss.
  - Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵖⵙⵙ (iɣss), ⵉⵅⵙⵙ (ixss), ⵉⵖⵚⵚ (iɣṣṣ), ⵉⵅⵚⵚ (ixṣṣ)
  - Ghomara: aɣeṣṣ
  - Senhaja de Srair: iɣeṣ
- Zenati:
  - Tarifit: iɣess, ixess, ixs
  - Northern Saharan Berber: iɣess (Figuig)
Eastern Berber:
- Ghadames: ɣăss
- Awjila: aɣàst (irregular final cluster)
- Siwi: iɣǝss, ixs
Tuareg:
- Tamasheq: eɣăss, eɣăs (Tamaghit)
- Tawellemmet: eɣăs (Tudalt)
Western Berber:
- Zenaga: iʔssi
- Tetserret: ašan pl.