Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/tül-

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

  • *-tǔul- (Ehret)

Root

*tül-

  1. hill
  2. to pile up, heap

Descendants

  • Proto-Berber: *tVwVl-
  • Proto-Cushitic:
    • Proto-East Cushitic: *tul-
  • Proto-Chadic: *tul-
  • Egyptian: twꜣ
  • Proto-Semitic: *tall- (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (p. 142) →ISBN
  • Orel, V. E., & Stolbova, O. V. (1995). Hamito-Semitic etymological dictionary: Materials for a reconstruction (p. 509). Brill Academic Publishers.
  • Stolbova, O. (2016). Chadic etymological dictionary (p. 322). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (IV RAN)
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