Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʔil-

This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔǐl-.

Noun

*ʔil-

eye
Synonym: *ʔinṭ-

Descendants

Proto-North Cushitic: *ʔil-ʔil-
- Beja: liili
Proto-Central Cushitic: *ʔəl
- Blin: ʕəl
- Xamtanga: əl
- Qimant: yəl
- Awngi: əll
Proto-East Cushitic: *ʔil-
- - Burji: illa
  - Hadiyya: ille
  - Sidamo: ille
  - Oromo: ija
  - Konso: ilta
  - Jiiddu: el
  - Somali: il
  - Arbore: il
Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔila
- Iraqw: ila

References

Ehret, Christopher (1987), “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180

Kießling, Roland; Mous, Maarten (2003), The Lexical Reconstruction of West-Rift Southern Cushitic (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 21, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN
Sasse, Hans-Jürgen (1979), “The Consonant Phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC)”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 7, number 1