Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruub-

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

*ruub-

  1. to send

Reconstruction notes

Semitic and Egyptian went through the following semantic shift: to send -> to direct -> to command, to rule.

Descendants

  • Cushitic:
    • Afar: ruub (“to send”)
  • Egyptian: nb (“master, lord”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *rabb-
    • Arabic: ر ب ب (r b b)

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 445
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