Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/iləs

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

Metathesized from earlier *lĭs, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lis- (“tongue”). Compare Proto-Semitic *lišān-, Egyptian ns, Hausa harshè. The metathesis also occurs in *uləβ, and in Egyptian known as "Belova's law".

Noun

*iləs m (construct form *y-iləs, plural *il(ə)s-aw-ăn)

  1. tongue

Descendants

  • Northern Berber:
    • Kabyle: iles
    • Atlas:
    • Zenati:
  • Tuareg:
    • Tamahaq: ilǝs
    • Tamasheq: ilǝs
  • Eastern Berber:
    • Ghadames: éləs
    • Awjila: íləs

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, page 291
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