Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʕal-

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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

*ʕal-

  1. be high, rise

Descendants

  • Proto-Berber: *aly- (to ascend, climb)
  • Proto-Chadic:
  • Egyptian: jꜥr (to ascend, arise)
  • Proto-Semitic: *ʕaly- (to ascend, climb, be high)