Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/su

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

  • usu, *(u)su

Pronoun

*su (singular. *si)

  1. they (third-person plural personal pronoun)

Derived terms

  • *su + *-n (plural suffix)
    • *sun (“they”)
      • Proto-Cushitic: *ʔusun, *ʔisin
      • Egyptian: sn
      • Proto-Semitic: *šum, *šin

Descendants

  • Proto-Chadic:
  • Proto-Omotic: *us

References

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