Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/-t

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Proto-Afroasiatic

    Notes

    It has been theorized that the affix was originally a marker of nominal class, *-(a)t, with /a/ reflected in the Semitic branch, which later developed into a marker of the feminine gender. It came to partially supplant the older feminine ending *-H̥ ~ *-i̥ which had long lost its productivity.[1]

    Suffix

    *-t, *-Vt

    1. Marks nouns as feminine

    Descendants

    • Proto-Berber: *t-, *-t
    • Proto-Chadic: *-t
    • Proto-Cushitic: *-t (uncertain)
      • Afar: t- (possibly)
    • Egyptian: -t
    • Proto-Semitic: *-at- (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1988) Afrasian Languages (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka, pages 57–58.
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