Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/Hʷaǯ-

This Proto-Afroasiatic 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-Afroasiatic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *waǯ-

Root

*Hʷaǯ-

  1. to hear

Derived terms

  • *Hʷaǯ-n (“ear”)
    • Proto-Semitic: *ʔuḏn- (see there for further descendants)
    • Egyptian: jdn
    • >? Proto-East Chadic: *ʔudun

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic: *waz-
    • Proto-Agaw: *was-
  • Proto-Omotic: *Hʷayǯ-
    • Basketo: waytsi
    • Koorete: washe
    • Kachama-Ganjule: hayts
    • Maale: wayzi

References

  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1988) Afrasian Languages (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka, page 57.
  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 32.
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