Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/ulβ

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 *lŭb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *libb- and Egyptian jb.[1]

Noun

*ulβ m (plural *ulβ-aw-ăn, construct state *w-ulβ, plural construct state *w-ulβ-aw-ăn)

  1. heart

Alternative reconstructions

  • *uləβ

Descendants

  • Northern Berber:
    • Kabyle: ul
    • Atlas:
      • Tashelhit: ul
      • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵍ (ul)
      • Senhaja de Srair: uy, ul, uj
  • Tuareg:
    • Tamahaq: ul
    • Tayert: ul, əwəl
    • Tawellemmet: əwəl
    • Tamasheq: ulh
  • Western Berber: (Metathesized *uβl)

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 273, 291, 296
  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
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