Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/bir-

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Etymology 1

Alternative reconstructions

  • *-bir-

Root

*bir-

  1. (intransitive) to burn brightly.

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic:
    • Proto-East-Cushitic:
      • Lowland East Cushitic:
        • Somaloid:
          • Jiiddu: bir (“lightning”)
          • Somali: bir (“to glitter”)
  • Egyptian: brg (“to light up”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *br (“to be light, bright”)

Etymology 2

Related to *bir- ("to burn brightly").

Root

*bir-

  1. metal.

Descendants

  • Proto-Cushitic:
    • Proto-East Cushitic:
      • Lowland East Cushitic:
        • Saho-Afar:
        • Somaloid:
  • Egyptian: bjꜣ

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 86
  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 72.
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