Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/sazħ-

This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

Perhaps related to terms for 'six' in other Afroasiatic languages; Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-, Egyptian sjsw, Proto-Berber *săḍis, Hausa shidà.

Numeral

*sazħ-

three

Descendants

Proto-Agaw: *säʒ-a ("four")
- Blin: seja
- Awngi: ሴዛ (sedza)
- Qimant: sája
- Xamtanga: [script needed] (sezaa)
Proto-East Cushitic: *saziħ-
- Proto-Highland East Cushitic: *sase
  - Gedeo: sase
  - Hadiyya: saso
  - Kambaata: sasu
  - Libido: saso
  - Sidamo: sase
- Lowland East Cushitic:
  - Saho-Afar:
  - Saho: adox
  - Afar: sidóc
  - Oromoid:
    - Oromo: sadii
    - Orma: sadi
    - >? Khonso: sessa
  - Omo-Tana:
    - Somali: saddex
    - Garre: siddeh
    - Rendille: seyyeh
    - Aweer: sidde
    - Jiiddu: seeye
    - Maay: sede
    - Tunni: siddi
    - Baiso: sedi
    - Arbore: sezzé
    - Daasanach: seddi
  - Dullay:
    - Gawwada: ízzaħ
    - Ongota: zéħa
    - Tsamai: zeeħ
- → Proto-South Cushitic: *tsigahha (“four”)
  - Iraqw: tsiyáhh
  - Burunge: cigahha

References

Ehret, Christopher (1987) “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180