Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/lis-

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

Root

*lis-

tongue, language

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *lis
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ils
- Tuareg: ils
- Tarifit: irs
- Tashelhit: ils
Proto-Chadic: *lis
- West Chadic:
  - Hausa: harshè
  - Fyer: lés
  - Tambas: les
  - Bole: lisim
  - Ron: ʔalis
Egyptian: ns
- Coptic:
  - ⲗⲁⲥ (las) (Bohairic, Sahidic)
  - ⲗⲉⲥ (les) (Fayyumic, Akhmimic)
Proto-Semitic: *lišān-

References

Olga Stolbova (2016) Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎^[1], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 253
Roger Blench, Ron Comparative Wordlist