Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/i-damm-ăn

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 Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *dam-, and Proto-Chadic *dVm- (“blood”)[1].

    Noun

    *i-damm-ăn m pl

    1. blood

    Notes

    Not attested in Tuareg, which instead uses a descendant of Proto-Afroasiatic *ʒin-.

    Descendants

    • Northern Berber:
      • Kabyle: idammen
      • Atlas:
      • Zenati:
    • Eastern Berber:
      • Ghadames: dămmăn
      • Sokna: idámmen
      • Awjila: dímmen
      • Siwi: idammən
    • Western Berber:
      • Zenaga: əḏämmän
      • Tetserret: ədammən

    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, pages 277, 278
    1. ^ Olga Stolbova (2016), Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎[1], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 101
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