Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/dab-

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

Noun

*dab-

  1. large harmful animal

Descendants

  • Egyptian: db (“hippopotamus”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *dubb- (“bear”) (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Kuliak: *dọb (“rhinoceros”)

References

  • 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 139.
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